Class DescriptorBaseConverter

The type converter for DescriptorBase objects. DescriptorBaseConverter is a System.ComponentModel.ExpandableObjectConverter. It overrides the default behavior of the ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type) method and returns the GetName() result of the DescriptorBase object. ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext, CultureInfo, Object, Type) is called from a property grid to determine the name of the object to be displayed.

System.Object

DescriptorBaseConverter

public class DescriptorBaseConverter : ExpandableObjectConverter

public DescriptorBaseConverter()

Determines whether this object can be converted to the specified type, using the given format.

public override bool CanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type destinationType)

Type	Name	Description
System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext	context	Format context.
System.Type	destinationType	Target type.

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True if this conversion is supported; False otherwise.

Converts the given value to the specified type, using the given format and culture.

public override object ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType)

Type	Name	Description
System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext	context	Format context.
System.Globalization.CultureInfo	culture	The CultureInfo.
System.Object	value	The Value.
System.Type	destinationType	Target type.

Type	Description
System.Object	Converted object.