Generic type conversion FROM string

Question

I have a class that I want to use to store \"properties\" for another class. These properties simply have a name and a value. Ideally, what I would like is to be able to add

Answer 1

Check the static Nullable.GetUnderlyingType. - If the underlying type is null, then the template parameter is not Nullable, and we can use that type directly - If the underlying type is not null, then use the underlying type in the conversion.

Seems to work for me:

public object Get( string _toparse, Type _t )
{
    // Test for Nullable and return the base type instead:
    Type undertype = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(_t);
    Type basetype = undertype == null ? _t : undertype;
    return Convert.ChangeType(_toparse, basetype);
}

public T Get(string _key)
{
    return (T)Get(_key, typeof(T));
}

public void test()
{
    int x = Get("14");
    int? nx = Get>("14");
}