Arguments for the Default Converters of the library.

Here is a list of the parameters that you can give to the default converters:

All the parameters must be string (because object parameters don't work in VB.NET)

ConverterKind.Date

Arg1: A string he DateTime format that the engine pass to the DateTime.Parse function.

Examples:
// By default the engines use: "ddMMyyyy" [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Date)] public DateTime ShippedDate; // Parse these dates: 1-1-2006 01-1-2006 30-01-2006 [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Date, "d-M-yyyy" )] public DateTime ShippedDate; // Parse these dates: 1-1-2006 01-1-2006 01-30-2006 [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Date, "M-d-yyyy" )] public DateTime ShippedDate; // Parse these dates: 01/3/2006 30/02/2006 [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Date, "d/M/yyyy" )] public DateTime ShippedDate; // Parse these dates: 01042006 30022006 [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Date, "ddMMyyyy" )] public DateTime ShippedDate; // Parse these dates: 04012006 02302006 [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Date, "MMddyyyy" )] public DateTime ShippedDate;
You can check all the supported format strings check the MSDN docs for DateTime.ParseExact (link soon hahah, some googling don't hurt)

ConverterKind.Double, ConverterKind.Single and ConverterKind.Decimal

Arg1: A string with the char used as DecimalSeparator. Valid Values: "." or ",". By default: "."

Examples:
// "." is the decimal separator by default [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Double)] public double Freight; // "." is the decimal separator. (good for autodocumented code) [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Double, ".")] public double Freight; // "," is the decimal separator. [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Double, ",")] public double Freight; // The same for the other converters: // ConverterKind.Decimal and ConverterKind.Single

Integer Converters

ConverterKind.Int16, ConverterKind.Int32, ConverterKind.Int64, ConverterKind.Byte,
ConverterKind.UInt16, ConverterKind.UInt32, ConverterKind.UInt64, and ConverterKind.SByte

Arg1: A string with the char used as DecimalSeparator. Valid Values: "." or ",". By default: "."

WARNING: The library request a Decimal Separator here and internally creates the Group Separator with the conterpart (for example if you provide "." uses ",")

Examples:
// "." is the decimal separator by default // allows you to parse: 12,125 or 1,458,385 [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Int32)] public Int32 Amount; // using "," as decimal separator // allows you to parse: 12.125 or 1.458.385 [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Int32, ",")] public Int32 Amount; // The same works for the rest of the converts

ConverterKind.Boolean

Arg1: A string thats represents the True value
Arg2: A string thats represents the False value

By default this converters takes as true the strings "True" (case insensitive) and "1". And writes the string "True" and "False" when converting the field to string.

Examples:
// By default it reads as true the strings "True" (Case insensitive) and "1" [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Boolean)] public bool Shipped; // Takes as true the string "verdad" and as false the string "mentira" (case insensitive) [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Boolean, "Verdad", "MenTiRa")] public bool Shipped; // Takes as true the string "1" and as false the string "0" // You need these params if you want to write, because it use "True" and "False" [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Boolean, "1", "0")] public bool Shipped; // Takes as true the string "X" and as false the string "-" [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.Boolean, "X", "-")] public bool Shipped;

See also

Must Read - Quick Start Guide - Attributes List - F.A.Q. - Examples of Use - Contacts & Credits - Donations

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