ValueProviderResult.cs

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Globalization;

namespace ServiceStack.Html
{
#if !NETSTANDARD2_0
    [Serializable]
#endif
	public class ValueProviderResult
	{
		private static readonly CultureInfo _staticCulture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
		private CultureInfo _instanceCulture;

		// default constructor so that subclassed types can set the properties themselves
		protected ValueProviderResult() { }

		public ValueProviderResult(object rawValue, string attemptedValue, CultureInfo culture)
		{
			RawValue = rawValue;
			AttemptedValue = attemptedValue;
			Culture = culture;
		}

		public string AttemptedValue
		{
			get;
			protected set;
		}

		public CultureInfo Culture
		{
			get => _instanceCulture ?? (_instanceCulture = _staticCulture);
		    protected set => _instanceCulture = value;
		}

		public object RawValue
		{
			get;
			protected set;
		}

		private static object ConvertSimpleType(CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType)
		{
			if (value == null || destinationType.IsInstanceOfType(value))
			{
				return value;
			}

			// if this is a user-input value but the user didn't type anything, return no value
		    if (value is string valueAsString && valueAsString.Trim().Length == 0)
			{
				return null;
			}

#if !NETSTANDARD2_0
			TypeConverter converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(destinationType);
			bool canConvertFrom = converter.CanConvertFrom(value.GetType());
			if (!canConvertFrom)
			{
				converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(value.GetType());
			}
			if (!(canConvertFrom || converter.CanConvertTo(destinationType)))
			{
				string message = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, MvcResources.ValueProviderResult_NoConverterExists,
					value.GetType().FullName, destinationType.FullName);
				throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
			}

			try
			{
				object convertedValue = (canConvertFrom) ?
					 converter.ConvertFrom(null /* context */, culture, value) :
					 converter.ConvertTo(null /* context */, culture, value, destinationType);
				return convertedValue;
			}
			catch (Exception ex)
			{
				string message = String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, MvcResources.ValueProviderResult_ConversionThrew,
					value.GetType().FullName, destinationType.FullName);
				throw new InvalidOperationException(message, ex);
			}
#else
		    return value.ConvertTo(destinationType);			
#endif

        }

        public object ConvertTo(Type type)
		{
			return ConvertTo(type, null /* culture */);
		}

		public virtual object ConvertTo(Type type, CultureInfo culture)
		{
			if (type == null)
			    throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(type));

            CultureInfo cultureToUse = culture ?? Culture;
			return UnwrapPossibleArrayType(cultureToUse, RawValue, type);
		}

		private static object UnwrapPossibleArrayType(CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType)
		{
			if (value == null || destinationType.IsInstanceOfType(value))
			{
				return value;
			}

			// array conversion results in four cases, as below
			Array valueAsArray = value as Array;
			if (destinationType.IsArray)
			{
				Type destinationElementType = destinationType.GetElementType();
				if (valueAsArray != null)
				{
					// case 1: both destination + source type are arrays, so convert each element
					IList converted = Array.CreateInstance(destinationElementType, valueAsArray.Length);
					for (int i = 0; i < valueAsArray.Length; i++)
					{
						converted[i] = ConvertSimpleType(culture, valueAsArray.GetValue(i), destinationElementType);
					}
					return converted;
				}
				else
				{
					// case 2: destination type is array but source is single element, so wrap element in array + convert
					object element = ConvertSimpleType(culture, value, destinationElementType);
					IList converted = Array.CreateInstance(destinationElementType, 1);
					converted[0] = element;
					return converted;
				}
			}
			else if (valueAsArray != null)
			{
				// case 3: destination type is single element but source is array, so extract first element + convert
				if (valueAsArray.Length > 0)
				{
					value = valueAsArray.GetValue(0);
					return ConvertSimpleType(culture, value, destinationType);
				}
				else
				{
					// case 3(a): source is empty array, so can't perform conversion
					return null;
				}
			}
			// case 4: both destination + source type are single elements, so convert
			return ConvertSimpleType(culture, value, destinationType);
		}
	}
}