String.As<T> die zur Konvertierung eines String-Wertes verwendet werden kann comme some type (soll hauptsächlich mit Primitiven und Typen verwendet werden, die IConvertable unterstützen. Funktioniert hervorragend mit Nullable Typen und sogar Enums!
public static partial class StringExtensions
{
/// <summary>
/// Converts the string to the specified type, using the default value configured for the type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Type the string will be converted to. The type must implement IConvertable.</typeparam>
/// <param name="original">The original string.</param>
/// <returns>The converted value.</returns>
public static T As<T>(this String original)
{
return As(original, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
default(T));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the string to the specified type, using the default value configured for the type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Type the string will be converted to.</typeparam>
/// <param name="original">The original string.</param>
/// <param name="defaultValue">The default value to use in case the original string is null or empty, or can't be converted.</param>
/// <returns>The converted value.</returns>
public static T As<T>(this String original, T defaultValue)
{
return As(original, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, defaultValue);
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the string to the specified type, using the default value configured for the type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Type the string will be converted to.</typeparam>
/// <param name="original">The original string.</param>
/// <param name="provider">Format provider used during the type conversion.</param>
/// <returns>The converted value.</returns>
public static T As<T>(this String original, IFormatProvider provider)
{
return As(original, provider, default(T));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the string to the specified type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Type the string will be converted to.</typeparam>
/// <param name="original">The original string.</param>
/// <param name="provider">Format provider used during the type conversion.</param>
/// <param name="defaultValue">The default value to use in case the original string is null or empty, or can't be converted.</param>
/// <returns>The converted value.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// If an error occurs while converting the specified value to the requested type, the exception is caught and the default is returned. It is strongly recommended you
/// do NOT use this method if it is important that conversion failures are not swallowed up.
///
/// This method is intended to be used to convert string values to primatives, not for parsing, converting, or deserializing complex types.
/// </remarks>
public static T As<T>(this String original, IFormatProvider provider,
T defaultValue)
{
T result;
Type type = typeof (T);
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(original)) result = defaultValue;
else
{
// need to get the underlying type if T is Nullable<>.
if (type.IsNullableType())
{
type = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(type);
}
try
{
// ChangeType doesn't work properly on Enums
result = type.IsEnum
? (T) Enum.Parse(type, original, true)
: (T) Convert.ChangeType(original, type, provider);
}
catch // HACK: what can we do to minimize or avoid raising exceptions as part of normal operation? custom string parsing (regex?) for well-known types? it would be best to know if you can convert to the desired type before you attempt to do so.
{
result = defaultValue;
}
}
return result;
}
}
Dies beruht auf einer weiteren einfachen Erweiterung für Type :
/// <summary>
/// Extension methods for <see cref="Type"/>.
/// </summary>
public static class TypeExtensions
{
/// <summary>
/// Returns whether or not the specified type is <see cref="Nullable{T}"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">A <see cref="Type"/>.</param>
/// <returns>True if the specified type is <see cref="Nullable{T}"/>; otherwise, false.</returns>
/// <remarks>Use <see cref="Nullable.GetUnderlyingType"/> to access the underlying type.</remarks>
public static bool IsNullableType(this Type type)
{
if (type == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("type");
return type.IsGenericType && type.GetGenericTypeDefinition().Equals(typeof (Nullable<>));
}
}
Verwendung:
var someInt = "1".As<int>();
var someIntDefault = "bad value".As(1); // "bad value" won't convert, so the default value 1 is returned.
var someEnum = "Sunday".As<DayOfWeek>();
someEnum = "0".As<DayOfWeek>(); // returns Sunday
var someNullableEnum = "".As<DayOfWeek?>(null); // returns a null value since "" can't be converted
