DependencyPropertyConverter.CanConvertFrom Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Markup

Assembly:: PresentationFramework.dll

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Determines whether an object of the specified type can be converted to an instance of DependencyProperty.

public:
 override bool CanConvertFrom(System::ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext ^ context, Type ^ sourceType);

public override bool CanConvertFrom (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType);

override this.CanConvertFrom : System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext * Type -> bool

Public Overrides Function CanConvertFrom (context As ITypeDescriptorContext, sourceType As Type) As Boolean

Parameters

context: ITypeDescriptorContext

A format context that provides information about the environment from which this converter is being invoked.

sourceType: Type

The type being evaluated for conversion.

Returns

Boolean

true if this converter can perform the operation; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The DependencyPropertyConverter class only converts a string to an instance of DependencyProperty. Therefore only a sourceType of String returns true.

context is not used by this implementation.

Applies to