'Declaration
 
Public Shared Function TryCast(Of T)( _
   ByVal obj As System.Object, _
   ByVal defaultValue As T _
) As T

'Usage
 
Dim obj As System.Object
Dim defaultValue As T
Dim value As T
 
value = ProvidersHelper.TryCast(Of T)(obj, defaultValue)

public static T TryCast<T>( 
   System.object obj,
   T defaultValue
)

public function TryCast( 
    obj: System.TObject;
    defaultValue: T
): T; static; 

public static function TryCast( 
   obj : System.Object,
   defaultValue : T
) : T;

public: static T* TryCast<T>( 
   System.Object* obj,
   T* defaultValue
) 

public:
static T^ TryCastgeneric<typename T>
( 
   System.Object^ obj,
   T^ defaultValue
) 

Parameters

obj

The object to be cast.

defaultValue

The default value to be returned if the object to be cast is null or DBNull.

Type Parameters

T

The type of the value to be returned.

Return Value

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

ProvidersHelper Class
ProvidersHelper Members