TimeSpanSecondsOrInfiniteConverter.ConvertFrom Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Converts a String to a TimeSpan.

public:
 override System::Object ^ ConvertFrom(System::ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext ^ ctx, System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ ci, System::Object ^ data);

public override object ConvertFrom (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext ctx, System.Globalization.CultureInfo ci, object data);

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

Public Overrides Function ConvertFrom (ctx As ITypeDescriptorContext, ci As CultureInfo, data As Object) As Object

Parameters

ctx

ITypeDescriptorContext

The ITypeDescriptorContext object used for type conversions.

ci

CultureInfo

The CultureInfo object used during conversion.

data

Object

The String object to convert.

Returns

Object

The TimeSpan.MaxValue, if the data parameter is the String "infinite"; otherwise, the TimeSpan representing the data parameter in seconds.

Examples

Refer to the code examples in the InfiniteTimeSpanConverter and TimeSpanMinutesConverter classes.

Remarks

The system uses ConvertFrom when reading from a configuration file to convert a String value to TimeSpan, or the String "infinite" to MaxValue.