ModelingEnumerationConverter.ConvertTo Method (ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type)

Article
04/26/2013

Converts the domain enumeration object to the specified type by using the specified context.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Design
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.11.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Modeling.Sdk.11.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overrides Function ConvertTo ( _
    context As ITypeDescriptorContext, _
    culture As CultureInfo, _
    value As Object, _
    destinationType As Type _
) As Object

public override Object ConvertTo(
    ITypeDescriptorContext context,
    CultureInfo culture,
    Object value,
    Type destinationType
)

public:
virtual Object^ ConvertTo(
    ITypeDescriptorContext^ context, 
    CultureInfo^ culture, 
    Object^ value, 
    Type^ destinationType
) override

abstract ConvertTo : 
        context:ITypeDescriptorContext * 
        culture:CultureInfo * 
        value:Object * 
        destinationType:Type -> Object  
override ConvertTo : 
        context:ITypeDescriptorContext * 
        culture:CultureInfo * 
        value:Object * 
        destinationType:Type -> Object

public override function ConvertTo(
    context : ITypeDescriptorContext, 
    culture : CultureInfo, 
    value : Object, 
    destinationType : Type
) : Object

Parameters

context
Type: ITypeDescriptorContext

The format context.

culture
Type: CultureInfo

The culture information, or null for the current culture.

value
Type: Object

The object to convert.

destinationType
Type: Type

The type to convert the value to.

Return Value

Type: Object
The converted value.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	destinationType is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

This converter can only convert an enumeration object to and from a string.

By default, the culture parameter is ignored.

Notes to Inheritors

Override this method to provide your own conversion.

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.