class/corlib/System.Runtime.Serialization/IFormatterConverter.cs

   1 //
   2 // System.Runtime.Serialization.IFormatterConverter.cs
   3 //
   4 // Author:
   5 //   Miguel de Icaza (miguel@ximian.com)
   6 //
   7 // (C) Ximian, Inc.  http://www.ximian.com
   8 //
   9 //
  10
  11 //
  12 // Copyright (C) 2004 Novell, Inc (http://www.novell.com)
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  33
  34 namespace System.Runtime.Serialization {
  35         [CLSCompliant(false)]
  36         [System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisibleAttribute (true)]
  37         public interface IFormatterConverter {
  38                 object Convert (object value, Type type);
  39                 object Convert (object value, TypeCode typeCode);
  40
  41                 bool        ToBoolean  (object value);
  42                 byte        ToByte     (object value);
  43                 char        ToChar     (object value);
  44                 DateTime    ToDateTime (object value);
  45                 Decimal     ToDecimal  (object value);
  46                 double      ToDouble   (object value);
  47                 Int16       ToInt16    (object value);
  48                 Int32       ToInt32    (object value);
  49                 Int64       ToInt64    (object value);
  50                 sbyte       ToSByte    (object value);
  51                 float       ToSingle   (object value);
  52                 string      ToString   (object value);
  53                 UInt16      ToUInt16   (object value);
  54                 UInt32      ToUInt32   (object value);
  55                 UInt64      ToUInt64   (object value);
  56         }
  57 }