QueryStringConverter.CanConvert(Type) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher

Assembly:: System.ServiceModel.Web.dll

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Determines whether the specified type can be converted to and from a string representation.

public:
 virtual bool CanConvert(Type ^ type);

public virtual bool CanConvert (Type type);

abstract member CanConvert : Type -> bool
override this.CanConvert : Type -> bool

Public Overridable Function CanConvert (type As Type) As Boolean

Parameters

type: Type

The Type to convert.

Returns

Boolean

A value that specifies whether the type can be converted.

Examples

The following code shows how to determine whether the QueryStringConverter can convert to and from the specified type.

if (converter.CanConvert(typeof(Int32)))
    converter.ConvertStringToValue("123", typeof(Int32));

If (converter.CanConvert(GetType(Int32))) Then
    converter.ConvertStringToValue("123", GetType(Int32))
End If

Applies to