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1 //
2 // LongType.cs
3 //
4 // Author:
5 // Chris J Breisch (cjbreisch@altavista.net)
6 // Dennis Hayes (dennish@raytek.com)
7 //
8 // (C) 2002 Chris J Breisch
9 //
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33 using System;
34 using System.ComponentModel;
36 namespace Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices
38 [StandardModule, EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
39 sealed public class LongType {
40 private LongType () {}
42 // Methods
43 /**
44 * The method converts given object to long by the following logic:
45 * 1. If input object is null - return 0
46 * 2. If input object is String - run FromString method
47 * 3. Otherwise run .NET default conversion - Convert.ToInt64
48 * @param value - The object that going to be converted
49 * @return long The long value that converted from the source object
50 * @see system.Convert#ToInt64
52 public static long FromObject(object Value) {
53 if (Value == null)return 0;
55 if (Value is string)return FromString((string) Value);
57 return Convert.ToInt64(Value);
59 /**
60 * The method try to convert given string to long in a following way:
61 * 1. If input string is null return 0.
62 * 2. If input string represents number: return value of this number,
63 * @exception InvalidCastException - in case if number translation failed
64 * @param str - The string that converted to long
65 * @return long The value that extracted from the input string.
66 * @see Microsoft.VisualBasic.VBUtils#isNumber
68 public static long FromString(string Value) {
69 if (Value == null)return 0;
71 return long.Parse(Value);