TypeDescriptor

Description

The TypeDescriptor class stores a reference to a type represented by the type name and library (module) where the type is defined.

Important points

• This class has symmetric implementation across all languages supported by the Pip.Services toolkit and it is used to support dynamic data processing.

Constructors

Creates a new instance of the type descriptor and sets its values.

public TypeDescriptor(string name, string library)

• name: string - name of the object type.
• library: string - library or module where this object type is implemented.

Creates a new instance of the type descriptor.

public TypeDescriptor()

Properties

Name

Name of the object type.

public string Name { get; }

Library

Gets the name of the library or module where the object type is defined.

public string Library { get; }

Instance methods

Equals

Compares this descriptor to a value. If the value is also a TypeDescriptor it compares their name and library fields. Otherwise this method returns false.

public override bool Equals(object value)

• value: object - value to compare.
• returns: bool - true if value is an identical TypeDescriptor and false otherwise.

GetHashCode

Gets the Hash code

public override int GetHashCode()

• returns: int - Hash code

ToString

Gets a string representation of the object. The result has the format name[,library]

public override string ToString()

• returns: string - string representation of the object.

Static methods

FromString

Parses a string to get descriptor fields and returns them as a Descriptor. The string must have the format name[,library]
Throws a ConfigException if the descriptor string is of a wrong format.

public static TypeDescriptor FromString(string value)

• value: string - string to parse.
• returns: TypeDescriptor - newly created Descriptor.