Mono Class Library: System.Reflection.Binder Overview | Members

System.Reflection.Binder.ChangeType Method

Converts the type of the specified object to the specified type. [Edit]

public abstract object ChangeType (object value, Type type, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)

Parameters

value
The object to be converted to a new Type . [Edit]
type
The Type to which value is converted. [Edit]
culture
The only defined value for this parameter is null . [Edit]

Returns

A new object of the type specified by type . The contents of this object are equal to those of value . [Edit]

Remarks

Operation
As described above.

Note to Inheritors
Implement this method to change the type of a member of a parameter array. Typically, it is recommended that implementations of this method perform only widening conversions.

Usage
This method is used to change the type of a element in a parameter array to match the type required by the signature of a bound method.

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Requirements

Namespace: System.Reflection
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0
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