TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter.ConvertTo Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter.cs

Converts a TimeSpan to a. String.

public:
 override System::Object ^ ConvertTo(System::ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext ^ ctx, System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ ci, System::Object ^ value, Type ^ type);

public override object ConvertTo (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext ctx, System.Globalization.CultureInfo ci, object value, Type type);

override this.ConvertTo : System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext * System.Globalization.CultureInfo * obj * Type -> obj

Public Overrides Function ConvertTo (ctx As ITypeDescriptorContext, ci As CultureInfo, value As Object, type As Type) As Object

Parameters

ctx

ITypeDescriptorContext

The ITypeDescriptorContext object used for type conversions.

ci

CultureInfo

The CultureInfo object used during conversion.

value

Object

The value to convert.

type

Type

The conversion type.

Returns

Object

The String "infinite", if the value parameter is TimeSpan.MaxValue; otherwise, the String representing the value parameter in seconds.

Examples

Refer to the code examples in the InfiniteTimeSpanConverter and TimeSpanMinutesConverter classes.

Remarks

The system uses ConvertTo when writing to a configuration file to convert a TimeSpan value or MaxValue to a String.