ElementHelpersTypecastProperty Method

Typecasts a property value. This only works for casting to a class that has a constructor of the for new X(string). If no such constructor exists, an Exception is thrown and the original element property is left unchanged.

Namespace: Frontenac.Blueprints.Util
Assembly: VelocityGraph (in VelocityGraph.dll) Version: 10.1.0.0 (10.1)

Syntax

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public static void TypecastProperty(
	this IEnumerable<IElement> elements,
	string key,
	Type classCast
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Sub TypecastProperty ( 
	elements As IEnumerable(Of IElement),
	key As String,
	classCast As Type
)

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static void TypecastProperty(
	IEnumerable<IElement^>^ elements, 
	String^ key, 
	Type^ classCast
)

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member TypecastProperty : 
        elements : IEnumerable<IElement> * 
        key : string * 
        classCast : Type -> unit

Parameters

elements: Type: System.Collections.GenericIEnumerableIElement
the elements to have their property typecasted
key: Type: SystemString
the key for the property value to typecast
classCast: Type: SystemType
the class to typecast to

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerableIElement. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Reference

ElementHelpers Class

Frontenac.Blueprints.Util Namespace

ElementHelpersAddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LST7E8D9452_0?cpp=::|nu=.");TypecastProperty Method

Parameters

Usage Note

Reference

ElementHelpersTypecastProperty Method