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DependencyPropertyConverter.CanConvertFrom Method

Definition

Determines whether an object of the specified type can be converted to an instance of DependencyProperty.

public:
 override bool CanConvertFrom(System::ComponentModel::ITypeDescriptorContext ^ context, Type ^ sourceType);
public override bool CanConvertFrom (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType);
override this.CanConvertFrom : System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext * Type -> bool
Public Overrides Function CanConvertFrom (context As ITypeDescriptorContext, sourceType As Type) As Boolean

Parameters

context
ITypeDescriptorContext

A format context that provides information about the environment from which this converter is being invoked.

sourceType
Type

The type being evaluated for conversion.

Returns

true if this converter can perform the operation; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The DependencyPropertyConverter class only converts a string to an instance of DependencyProperty. Therefore only a sourceType of String returns true.

context is not used by this implementation.

Applies to