TimeSpanMinutesConverter Class

Definition

Converts a time span expressed in minutes.

public ref class TimeSpanMinutesConverter : System::Configuration::ConfigurationConverterBase
public class TimeSpanMinutesConverter : System.Configuration.ConfigurationConverterBase
type TimeSpanMinutesConverter = class
    inherit ConfigurationConverterBase
Public Class TimeSpanMinutesConverter
Inherits ConfigurationConverterBase
Inheritance
Derived

Examples

The following code example shows how to define a custom TimeSpanMinutesConverter type.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Globalization;
using System.ComponentModel;

public sealed class CustomTimeSpanMinutesConverter :
    ConfigurationConverterBase
{
    internal bool ValidateType(object value, 
        Type expected)
    {
        bool result;

        if ((value != null) &&
            (value.GetType() != expected))
            result = false;
        else
            result = true;

        return result;
    }

    public override bool CanConvertTo(
        ITypeDescriptorContext ctx, Type type)
    {
        return (type == typeof(string));
    }

    public override bool CanConvertFrom(
        ITypeDescriptorContext ctx, Type type)
    {
        return (type == typeof(string));
    }

    public override object ConvertTo(
        ITypeDescriptorContext ctx, CultureInfo ci,
        object value, Type type)
    {
        ValidateType(value, typeof(TimeSpan));

        long data = (long)(((TimeSpan)value).TotalMinutes);

        return data.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    }

    public override object ConvertFrom(
        ITypeDescriptorContext ctx, CultureInfo ci, object data)
    {

        long min = long.Parse((string)data,
            CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

        return TimeSpan.FromMinutes((double)min);
    }
}
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.ComponentModel




NotInheritable Public Class CustomTimeSpanMinutesConverter
    Inherits ConfigurationConverterBase
    
    Friend Function ValidateType(ByVal value As Object, _
    ByVal expected As Type) As Boolean
        Dim result As Boolean

        If Not (value Is Nothing) _
        AndAlso value.ToString() <> expected.ToString() Then
            result = False
        Else
            result = True
        End If
        Return result

    End Function 'ValidateType
    
    
    Public Overrides Function CanConvertTo( _
    ByVal ctx As ITypeDescriptorContext, _
    ByVal type As Type) As Boolean
        Return (type.ToString() = GetType(String).ToString())

    End Function 'CanConvertTo
    
    Public Overrides Function CanConvertFrom( _
    ByVal ctx As ITypeDescriptorContext, _
    ByVal type As Type) As Boolean
        Return (type.ToString() = GetType(String).ToString())

    End Function 'CanConvertFrom
    
    Public Overrides Function ConvertTo( _
    ByVal ctx As ITypeDescriptorContext, _
    ByVal ci As CultureInfo, ByVal value As Object, _
    ByVal type As Type) As Object
        ValidateType(value, GetType(TimeSpan))

        Dim data As Long = _
        Fix(CType(value, TimeSpan).TotalMinutes)

        Return data.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

    End Function 'ConvertTo
    
    Public Overrides Function ConvertFrom( _
    ByVal ctx As ITypeDescriptorContext, _
    ByVal ci As CultureInfo, ByVal data As Object) As Object

        Dim min As Long = _
        Long.Parse(CStr(data), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

        Return TimeSpan.FromMinutes(System.Convert.ToDouble(min))

    End Function 'ConvertFrom

End Class

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

<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 TimeSpanMinutesConverter converts String minutes, assigned to a configuration property, to TimeSpan minutes and vice versa.

The TimeSpanMinutesConverter persists values of type long representing a number of minutes.

Constructors

TimeSpanMinutesConverter()

Initializes a new instance of the TimeSpanMinutesConverter 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 to a TimeSpan.

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 TimeSpan to a String.

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)

Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter, using the specified context.

(Inherited from TypeConverter)
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(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)

Applies to

See also