CultureInfoConverter Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.ComponentModel

Assembly:

System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll

Source:

CultureInfoConverter.cs

Provides a type converter to convert CultureInfo objects to and from various other representations.

public ref class CultureInfoConverter : System::ComponentModel::TypeConverter

public class CultureInfoConverter : System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter

type CultureInfoConverter = class
    inherit TypeConverter

Public Class CultureInfoConverter
Inherits TypeConverter

Inheritance

Object

TypeConverter

CultureInfoConverter

Examples

The following code example converts a variable of type CultureInfo to a string, and vice versa. First it constructs a CultureInfo variable using the Greek culture (represented by "el") and converts it to the string "Greek". Then it converts the string "Russian" to the CultureInfo representation "ru".

// The sample first constructs a CultureInfo variable using the Greek culture - 'el'.
System::Globalization::CultureInfo^ myCulture = gcnew System::Globalization::CultureInfo( "el" );
String^ myCString = "Russian";
Console::WriteLine( TypeDescriptor::GetConverter( myCulture )->ConvertTo( myCulture, String::typeid ) );
// The following line will output 'ru' based on the string being converted.
Console::WriteLine( TypeDescriptor::GetConverter( myCulture )->ConvertFrom( myCString ) );

// The sample first constructs a CultureInfo variable using the Greek culture - 'el'.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo myCulture= new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("el");
string myCString="Russian";
Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myCulture).ConvertTo(myCulture, typeof(string)));
// The following line will output 'ru' based on the string being converted.
Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myCulture).ConvertFrom(myCString));

' The sample first constructs a CultureInfo variable using the Greek culture - 'el'.
Dim myCulture As New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("el")
Dim myCString As String = "Russian"
Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myCulture).ConvertTo(myCulture, GetType(String)))
' The following line will output 'ru' based on the string being converted.
Console.WriteLine(TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myCulture).ConvertFrom(myCString))

Remarks

This converter can only convert a CultureInfo object to and from a string.

For more information about type converters, see the TypeConverter base class and How to: Implement a Type Converter.

Note

You should never create an instance of the CultureInfoConverter class. Instead, call the GetConverter method of the TypeDescriptor class. For more information, see the examples in the TypeConverter base class.

Constructors

CultureInfoConverter()

Initializes a new instance of the CultureInfoConverter class.

Methods

CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type)	Gets a value indicating whether this converter can convert an object in the given source type to a CultureInfo using the specified context.
CanConvertFrom(Type)	Returns whether this converter can convert an object of the given type to the type of this converter. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
CanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, Type)	Gets a value indicating whether this converter can convert an object to the given destination type using the context.
CanConvertTo(Type)	Returns whether this converter can convert the object to the specified type. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object)	Converts the specified value object to a CultureInfo.
ConvertFrom(Object)	Converts the given value to the type of this converter. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromInvariantString(ITypeDescriptorContext, String)	Converts the given string to the type of this converter, using the invariant culture and the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromInvariantString(String)	Converts the given string to the type of this converter, using the invariant culture. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromString(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, String)	Converts the given text to an object, using the specified context and culture information. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromString(ITypeDescriptorContext, String)	Converts the given text to an object, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertFromString(String)	Converts the specified text to an object. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type)	Converts the given value object to the specified destination type.
ConvertTo(Object, Type)	Converts the given value object to the specified type, using the arguments. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToInvariantString(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)	Converts the specified value to a culture-invariant string representation, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToInvariantString(Object)	Converts the specified value to a culture-invariant string representation. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToString(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object)	Converts the given value to a string representation, using the specified context and culture information. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToString(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)	Converts the given value to a string representation, using the given context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ConvertToString(Object)	Converts the specified value to a string representation. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
CreateInstance(IDictionary)	Re-creates an Object given a set of property values for the object. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
CreateInstance(ITypeDescriptorContext, IDictionary)	Creates an instance of the type that this TypeConverter is associated with, using the specified context, given a set of property values for the object. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetConvertFromException(Object)	Returns an exception to throw when a conversion cannot be performed. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetConvertToException(Object, Type)	Returns an exception to throw when a conversion cannot be performed. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetCreateInstanceSupported()	Returns whether changing a value on this object requires a call to the CreateInstance(IDictionary) method to create a new value. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetCreateInstanceSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Returns whether changing a value on this object requires a call to CreateInstance(IDictionary) to create a new value, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetCultureName(CultureInfo)	Retrieves the name of the specified culture.
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetProperties(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object, Attribute[])	Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter, using the specified context and attributes. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetProperties(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)	Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetProperties(Object)	Returns a collection of properties for the type of array specified by the value parameter. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetPropertiesSupported()	Returns whether this object supports properties. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetPropertiesSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Returns whether this object supports properties, using the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValues()	Returns a collection of standard values from the default context for the data type this type converter is designed for. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValues(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Gets a collection of standard values for a CultureInfo object using the specified context.
GetStandardValuesExclusive()	Returns whether the collection of standard values returned from GetStandardValues() is an exclusive list. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValuesExclusive(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Gets a value indicating whether the list of standard values returned from GetStandardValues(ITypeDescriptorContext) is an exhaustive list.
GetStandardValuesSupported()	Returns whether this object supports a standard set of values that can be picked from a list. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
GetStandardValuesSupported(ITypeDescriptorContext)	Gets a value indicating whether this object supports a standard set of values that can be picked from a list using the specified context.
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
IsValid(ITypeDescriptorContext, Object)	Returns whether the given value object is valid for this type and for the specified context. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
IsValid(Object)	Returns whether the given value object is valid for this type. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
SortProperties(PropertyDescriptorCollection, String[])	Sorts a collection of properties. (Inherited from TypeConverter)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)