on github.com/t-bruning/UniversalTypeConverter
The following conversions are tried in the given order.
If supported, you can control conversions by their specified options - either globally or separately for each converter. Keep in mind that some of the basic conversions between primitives are done by IConvertible. So they are not mentioned if there are no options.
| From type | To type | Method | Culture sensitive | Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (any) | (assignable) | TypeInfo.IsAssignableFrom | no | (none) |
| string | byte | byte.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle |
| int | int.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| long | long.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| sbyte | sbyte.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| short | sbyte.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| uint | uint.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| ulong | ulong.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| ushort | ushort.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| converting to any of these integral types allows formating as Hex (0x or &h) as well | ||||
| decimal | decimal.TryParse | yes | DecimalNumberStyle | |
| float | float.TryParse | yes | DecimalNumberStyle | |
| double | double.TryParse | yes | DecimalNumberStyle | |
| DateTime | DateTime.TryParse | yes | DateTimeStyle | |
| DateTime.TryParseExact | yes | DateTimeStyle | ||
| DateTimePatterns | ||||
| DateOnly | DateOnly.TryParse | yes | DateTimeStyle | |
| DateOnly.TryParseExact | yes | DateTimeStyle | ||
| DateTimePatterns | ||||
| TimeOnly | TimeOnly.TryParse | yes | DateTimeStyle | |
| TimeOnly.TryParseExact | yes | DateTimeStyle | ||
| TimeOnlyPatterns | ||||
| Guid | Guid.TryParse | no | (none) | |
| byte[] | Convert.FromBase64String | no | ByteArrayFormat | |
| ReadOnlySpan<char> | byte | byte.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle |
| int | int.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| long | long.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| sbyte | sbyte.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| short | sbyte.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| uint | uint.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| ulong | ulong.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| ushort | ushort.TryParse | yes | IntegerNumberStyle | |
| converting to any of these integral types allows formating as Hex (0x or &h) as well (by using .ToString() of ReadOnlySpan<char>) | ||||
| decimal | decimal.TryParse | yes | DecimalNumberStyle | |
| float | float.TryParse | yes | DecimalNumberStyle | |
| double | double.TryParse | yes | DecimalNumberStyle | |
| DateTime | DateTime.TryParse | yes | DateTimeStyle | |
| DateTime.TryParseExact | yes | DateTimeStyle | ||
| DateTimePatterns | ||||
| DateOnly | DateOnly.TryParse | yes | DateTimeStyle | |
| DateOnly.TryParseExact | yes | DateTimeStyle | ||
| DateTimePatterns | ||||
| TimeOnly | TimeOnly.TryParse | yes | DateTimeStyle | |
| TimeOnly.TryParseExact | yes | DateTimeStyle | ||
| TimeOnlyPatterns | ||||
| Guid | Guid.TryParse | no | (none) | |
| byte[] | Convert.FromBase64String (by using .ToString() of ReadOnlySpan<char>) | no | ByteArrayFormat | |
| int | string | ToString | yes | IntegerFormat |
| decimal | string | ToString | yes | DecimalFormat |
| long | DateTime | new DateTime(long ticks) | no | DateTimeLongMeaning (Ticks) |
| DateTime.FromBinary | no | DateTimeLongMeaning (Binary) | ||
| DateTime.FromFileTime | no | DateTimeLongMeaning (FileTime) | ||
| DateTime.FromFileTimeUtc | no | DateTimeLongMeaning (FileTimeUtc) | ||
| DateTime | string | ToString | yes | DateTimeFormat |
| double | ToOADate (OLE Automation date) | no | (none) | |
| long | Ticks | no | DateTimeLongMeaning (Ticks) | |
| ToBinary | no | DateTimeLongMeaning (Binary) | ||
| ToFileTime | no | DateTimeLongMeaning (FileTime) | ||
| ToFileTimeUtc | no | DateTimeLongMeaning (FileTimeUtc) | ||
| DateOnly | DateOnly.FromDateTime | no | (none) | |
| TimeOnly | TimeOnly.FromDateTime | no | (none) | |
| DateOnly | string | ToString | yes | DateOnlyFormat |
| DateTime | ToDateTime | no | DateOnlyDefaultTime | |
| TimeOnly | string | ToString | yes | TimeOnlyFormat |
| Guid | string | ToString | no | GuidFormat |
| byte[] | ToByteArray | no | (none) | |
| double | string | ToString | yes | IntegerFormat |
| DateTime | DateTime.FromOADate | no | (none) | |
| char |
Convert.ToInt16; Convert.ToChar |
no | (none) | |
| byte | string | ToString | yes | IntegerFormat |
| char | double |
Convert.ToInt16; Convert.ToDouble |
no | (none) |
| float |
Convert.ToInt16; Convert.ToSingle |
no | (none) | |
| short | string | ToString | yes | IntegerFormat |
| float | string | ToString | yes | FloatFormat |
| char |
Convert.ToInt16; Convert.ToChar |
no | (none) | |
| uint | string | ToString | yes | IntegerFormat |
| ulong | string | ToString | yes | IntegerFormat |
| ushort | string | ToString | yes | IntegerFormat |
| sbyte | string | ToString | yes | IntegerFormat |
| byte[] | string | Convert.ToBase64String | no | ByteArrayFormat |
| Guid | Guid(Byte[]) | no | (none) | |
| integer (any) | Enum | Enum.ToObject | no | (none) |
| DataRow | (any type providing a constructor whose parameters are compatible to colums of the same name) | Reflection | depends | (none) |
| DataRowView | (any type providing a constructor whose parameters are compatible to colums of the same name) | Reflection | depends | (none) |
| IDataRecord | (any type providing a constructor whose parameters are compatible to fields of the same name) | Reflection | depends | (none) |
| IConvertible | (any type supported by the concrete implementation) | IConvertible | yes | (none) |
| IFormattable | string | IFormattable.ToString | yes | (none) |
| (any type which defines a .net framework TypeConverter - other than the default converter) | (any type supported by the specified TypeConverter) |
ConvertFrom; ConvertTo |
yes | (none) |
| (any type which implements the implicit operator) | (any type supported by this operator overload) | Implicit operator | no | (none) |
| (any type which implements the explicit operator) | (any type supported by this operator overload) | Explicit operator | no | (none) |
| string | (any type which provides a static TryParse method) | TryParse(string, IFormatProvider, out ToType) or TryParse(string, out ToType) |
depends | (none) |
| (any) | (any type which provides a constructor with its only parameter beeing compatible to the given value) | Reflection | no | ConstructorResolvingMode |
| (any type which provides a public property/field of the type to convert to whose name is identical to the parameter of an constructor) | (any) | Reflection | no | PropertyResolvingMode |
2024, by Thorsten Bruning