ArrayConverter.ConvertTo Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.ComponentModel

Assembly:

System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll

Source:

ArrayConverter.cs

Converts the given value object to the specified destination type.

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);

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

The culture into which value will be converted.

value

Object

The Object to convert.

destinationType

Type

The Type to convert the value to.

Returns

Object

An Object that represents the converted value.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

destinationType is null.

NotSupportedException

The conversion cannot be performed.

Remarks

This converter can convert an array to a string.

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.

Note

The converted result will be shown in the property browser. For example, if you are converting a char array into a string, it will be displayed as char[] array.