TypeNameConverter Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Source:

TypeNameConverter.cs

Converts between type and string values. This class cannot be inherited.

public ref class TypeNameConverter sealed : System::Configuration::ConfigurationConverterBase

public sealed class TypeNameConverter : System.Configuration.ConfigurationConverterBase

type TypeNameConverter = class
    inherit ConfigurationConverterBase

Public NotInheritable Class TypeNameConverter
Inherits ConfigurationConverterBase

Inheritance

Object

TypeConverter

ConfigurationConverterBase

TypeNameConverter

Examples

The following example shows how to obtain a type associated with a custom section. For the implementation of the custom section, refer to the code example in the ConfigurationConverterBase class reference.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Configuration;

namespace Samples.AspNet
{
  
    public sealed class UsingTypeNameConverter
    {
        public static void GetTypeName()
        {
            try
            {
           
                CustomSection section =
                    ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection")
                    as CustomSection;

                Console.WriteLine("CustomSection type: {0}",
                    section);
            }
            catch (System.Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System.IO
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Configuration




NotInheritable Public Class UsingTypeNameConverter
    
    Public Shared Sub GetTypeName() 
        Try
            
            Dim section As CustomSection = _
            ConfigurationManager.GetSection("CustomSection")
            Console.WriteLine( _
            "CustomSection type: {0}", section)
        Catch e As System.Exception
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
        End Try
    
    End Sub
End Class

The following example is a configuration excerpt used by the previous example.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<configuration>  

  <configSections>  
    <section name="CustomSection"   
      type="Samples.AspNet.CustomSection,   
      ConfigurationConverters,   
      Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,   
      PublicKeyToken=null"   
      allowDefinition="Everywhere"   
      allowExeDefinition="MachineToApplication"   
      restartOnExternalChanges="true" />  
  </configSections>  

  <CustomSection fileName="default.txt" maxIdleTime="90"   
    timeDelay="infinite" cdStr="str0, str1" permission="Read"  
    maxUsers="Infinite"/>  

</configuration>  

Remarks

This type, like all the other configuration converter types, converts strings found in the configuration file to and from the related strongly typed properties.

In particular, the TypeNameConverter class converts a String value, assigned to a configuration type, to a Type value and vice versa. The type referred to is the class responsible for processing the configuration it is associated with.

Constructors

TypeNameConverter()

Initializes a new instance of the TypeNameConverter class.

Methods

CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type)	Determines whether the conversion is allowed. (Inherited from ConfigurationConverterBase)
CanConvertFrom(Type)	Returns whether this converter can convert an object of the given type to the type of this converter. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
CanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type)	Determines whether the conversion is allowed. (Inherited from ConfigurationConverterBase)
CanConvertTo(Type)	Returns whether this converter can convert the object to the specified type. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object)	Converts a String object to a Type object.
ConvertFrom(Object)	Converts the given value to the type of this converter. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromInvariantString(ITypeDescriptorContext, String)	Converts the given string to the type of this converter, using the invariant culture and the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromInvariantString(String)	Converts the given string to the type of this converter, using the invariant culture. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromString(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, String)	Converts the given text to an object, using the specified context and culture information. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromString(ITypeDescriptorContext, String)	Converts the given text to an object, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromString(String)	Converts the specified text to an object. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type)	Converts a Type object to a String object.
ConvertTo(Object, Type)	Converts the given value object to the specified type, using the arguments. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToInvariantString(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)	Converts the specified value to a culture-invariant string representation, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToInvariantString(Object)	Converts the specified value to a culture-invariant string representation. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToString(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object)	Converts the given value to a string representation, using the specified context and culture information. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToString(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)	Converts the given value to a string representation, using the given context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToString(Object)	Converts the specified value to a string representation. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
CreateInstance(IDictionary)	Re-creates an Object given a set of property values for the object. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
CreateInstance(ITypeDescriptorContext, IDictionary)	Creates an instance of the type that this TypeConverter is associated with, using the specified context, given a set of property values for the object. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetConvertFromException(Object)	Returns an exception to throw when a conversion cannot be performed. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetConvertToException(Object, Type)	Returns an exception to throw when a conversion cannot be performed. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetCreateInstanceSupported()	Returns whether changing a value on this object requires a call to the CreateInstance(IDictionary) method to create a new value. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetCreateInstanceSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Returns whether changing a value on this object requires a call to CreateInstance(IDictionary) to create a new value, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetProperties(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object, Attribute[])	Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter, using the specified context and attributes. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetProperties(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)	Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetProperties(Object)	Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetPropertiesSupported()	Returns whether this object supports properties. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetPropertiesSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Returns whether this object supports properties, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValues()	Returns a collection of standard values from the default context for the data type this type converter is designed for. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValues(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Returns a collection of standard values for the data type this type converter is designed for when provided with a format context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValuesExclusive()	Returns whether the collection of standard values returned from GetStandardValues() is an exclusive list. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValuesExclusive(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Returns whether the collection of standard values returned from GetStandardValues() is an exclusive list of possible values, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValuesSupported()	Returns whether this object supports a standard set of values that can be picked from a list. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValuesSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Returns whether this object supports a standard set of values that can be picked from a list, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsValid(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)	Returns whether the given value object is valid for this type and for the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
IsValid(Object)	Returns whether the given value object is valid for this type. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
SortProperties(PropertyDescriptorCollection, String[])	Sorts a collection of properties. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

See also

• GenericEnumConverter
• InfiniteIntConverter
• InfiniteTimeSpanConverter
• TimeSpanMinutesOrInfiniteConverter
• TimeSpanSecondsConverter
• TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter
• WhiteSpaceTrimStringConverter