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DurationConverter Class

Provides type conversion support for the Duration structure.

System.Object
  System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
    System.Windows.DurationConverter

Namespace:  System.Windows
Assembly:  System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
public class DurationConverter : TypeConverter

The DurationConverter type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone DurationConverter Initializes a new instance of the DurationConverter class.
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  Name Description
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CanConvertFrom(Type) Returns whether the type converter can convert an object from the specified type to the type of this converter. (Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type) Returns whether this converter can convert an object of one type to the Duration type. (Overrides TypeConverter.CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type).)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CanConvertTo(Type) Returns whether the type converter can convert an object to the specified type. (Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone CanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type) Returns whether the type converter can convert an object to the specified type. (Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ConvertFrom(Object) Converts from the specified value to the type of this converter. (Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object) Converts the given value to the Duration type. (Overrides TypeConverter.ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object).)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ConvertFromString Converts the specified text to an object. (Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ConvertTo(Object, Type) Converts the specified value object to the specified type. (Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type) Converts the specified value object to the specified type. (Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ConvertToString Converts the specified object to a string representation. (Inherited from TypeConverter.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Supported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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This converter primarily exists to support specifying a Duration as a string for XAML attribute usage of properties that take a Duration.

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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