ReferenceConverter.ConvertTo Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.ComponentModel

Assembly:: System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll

Assembly:: System.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: ReferenceConverter.cs

Source:: ReferenceConverter.cs

Source:: ReferenceConverter.cs

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Converts the given value object to the reference type using the specified context and arguments.

public:
 override System::Object ^ ConvertTo(System::ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext ^ context, System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ culture, System::Object ^ value, Type ^ destinationType);

public override object ConvertTo (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType);

public override object? ConvertTo (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext? context, System.Globalization.CultureInfo? culture, object? value, Type destinationType);

override this.ConvertTo : System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext * System.Globalization.CultureInfo * obj * Type -> obj

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

Parameters

context: ITypeDescriptorContext

An ITypeDescriptorContext that provides a format context.

culture: CultureInfo

A CultureInfo that specifies the culture used to represent the font.

value: Object

The Object to convert.

destinationType: Type

The type to convert the object to.

Returns

Object

The converted object.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

destinationType is null.

NotSupportedException

The conversion cannot be performed.

Remarks

This method most commonly converts types to and from string objects.

The context parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be null, so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return null.

Applies to