TimeCast Method

Casts the object specified in the basedOn parameter to a Time. If the cast fails an InvalidCastException is thrown

Definition

Namespace: Firefly.Box
Assembly: Firefly.Box (in Firefly.Box.dll) Version: debug-master-v:33791
C#
public static Time Cast(
	Object basedOn
)

Parameters

basedOn  Object
The Object to cast to Time

Return Value

Time

Example

This example demonstrates the deferent aspects of casting
This example is in the form of Unit Tests. It references the NUnit framework. This framework can be downloaded from www.NUnit.org. For more information about unit testing visit: www.NUnit.org.
C#
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using NUnit.Framework;
using Firefly.Box;
using Firefly.Box.Testing;


namespace TestFirefly.Box.Documentation
{
    [TestFixture]
    public class Cast
    {
        [Test]
        public void CastSuccess()
        {
            object o = 5;
            Number n = Number.Cast(o);
            n.ShouldBe(5);
        }
        [Test]
        [ExpectedException(typeof(InvalidCastException))]
        public void CastFail()
        {
            object o = "5";
            Number n = Number.Cast(o);
        }
        [Test]
        public void TryCastSuccess()
        {
            object o = 5;
            Number n;
            if (Number.TryCast(o, out n))
                n.ShouldBe(5);
            else
                Assert.Fail();
        }
        [Test]
        public void TryCastFail()
        {
            object o = "5";
            Number n;
            if (Number.TryCast(o, out n))
                Assert.Fail();
        }
    }
}

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