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22 // System.Web.UI.PropertyConverter.cs
25 // Jackson Harper (jackson@ximian.com)
27 // (C) 2005 Novell, Inc.
30 using System.Reflection;
31 using System.ComponentModel;
33 namespace System.Web.UI {
35 public sealed class PropertyConverter {
37 private PropertyConverter ()
39 // no instantiation for you
42 public static object EnumFromString (Type enumType, string value)
47 res = Enum.Parse (enumType, value, true);
54 public static string EnumToString (Type enumType, object enumValue)
56 return Enum.Format (enumType, enumValue, "G");
59 public static object ObjectFromString (Type objType,
60 MemberInfo propertyInfo, string value)
62 if (objType == typeof (string))
65 // Is there a less kludgy way to get the converter?
66 PropertyDescriptorCollection col = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties (
67 propertyInfo.ReflectedType);
68 PropertyDescriptor pd = col.Find (propertyInfo.Name, false);
69 if (pd.Converter == null || !pd.Converter.CanConvertFrom (typeof (string))) {
70 throw new HttpException (Locale.GetText ("Cannot create an object " +
71 "of type '{0}' from its string representation '{1}' for the " +
72 "'{2}' property", objType, value, propertyInfo.Name));
74 return pd.Converter.ConvertFromInvariantString (value);