Class Formatter

Namespace

Cuemon.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters

Assembly

Cuemon.Core.dll

Provides a set of static methods that complements serialization and deserialization of an object.

public static class Formatter

Inheritance

object

Formatter

Examples

The following example shows how to resolve .NET types from qualified type-name strings using the Formatter class. It demonstrates both a direct resolution and a safe TryGetType call that avoids exceptions.

using System;
using Cuemon.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;

namespace Cuemon.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;

public class FormatterExample
{
    public void Demonstrate()
    {
        var type = Formatter.GetType("System.DateTime, mscorlib");
        Console.WriteLine($"Resolved type: {type}");

        if (Formatter.TryGetType("Cuemon.GuidStringOptions, Cuemon.Core", out var optionsType))
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Found type: {optionsType}");
        }
    }
}

Methods

GetType(string)

Gets the Type with the specified typeName, performing a case-sensitive search.

public static Type GetType(string typeName)

Parameters

typeName string

The assembly-qualified name of the type to get. See AssemblyQualifiedName. If the type is in the currently executing assembly or in mscorlib.dll/System.Private.CoreLib.dll, it is sufficient to supply the type name qualified by its namespace.

Returns

Type

The type with the specified typeName. If the type is not found, null is returned.

TryGetType(string, out Type)

Attempts to get the Type with the specified typeName, performing a case-sensitive search.

public static bool TryGetType(string typeName, out Type type)

Parameters

typeName string

The assembly-qualified name of the type to get. See AssemblyQualifiedName. If the type is in the currently executing assembly or in mscorlib.dll/System.Private.CoreLib.dll, it is sufficient to supply the type name qualified by its namespace.

type Type

The type with the specified typeName. If the type is not found, null is returned.

Returns

bool

true if the Type was found, false otherwise.