//http://validationframework.codeplex.com/
//License: Microsoft Permissive License (Ms-PL) v1.1
using System;
using System.Xml;
namespace ValidationFramework.Extensions
{
public static class XmlElementExtensions
{
/// <summary>
/// weakly typed
/// </summary>
/// <param name="element"></param>
/// <param name="key"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal static object GetAttributeWithConversion(this XmlElement element, Type typeToConvertTo, string key)
{
if (!element.HasAttribute(key))
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(string.Format("The key '{0}' cannot be found in xml element.", key));
var stringValue = element.GetAttribute(key);
var converter = System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeToConvertTo);
return converter.ConvertFromString(stringValue);
}
}
}
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