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<Type Name="StringConverter" FullName="System.ComponentModel.StringConverter">
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public class StringConverter : System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter" Maintainer="auto" />
  <TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi beforefieldinit StringConverter extends System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter" />
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  <ThreadSafetyStatement>Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the &lt;link location="node:gtk-sharp/programming/threads"&gt;Gtk# Thread Programming&lt;/link&gt; for details.</ThreadSafetyStatement>
  <Base>
    <BaseTypeName>System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter</BaseTypeName>
  </Base>
  <Interfaces />
  <Docs>
    <remarks>
      <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
      <para>This converter can only convert to a string. It works as a pass through for other converters that want to convert an object to a string.</para>
      <para>For more information about type converters, see the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter" /> base class and <format type="text/html"><a href="90373a3f-d8c8-492d-841c-945d62393c56">How to: Implement a Type Converter</a></format>.</para>
      <block subset="none" type="note">
        <para>You should never create an instance of <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.StringConverter" />. Instead, call the <see cref="M:System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(System.Object)" /> method of <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor" />. For more information, see the examples in the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter" /> base class.</para>
      </block>
    </remarks>
    <summary>
      <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
      <para>Provides a type converter to convert string objects to and from other representations.</para>
    </summary>
  </Docs>
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public StringConverter ();" />
      <MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor() cil managed" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
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      </AssemblyInfo>
      <ReturnValue />
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <remarks>To be added</remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.StringConverter" /> class. </para>
        </summary>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="CanConvertFrom">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override bool CanConvertFrom (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType);" />
      <MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual instance bool CanConvertFrom(class System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, class System.Type sourceType) cil managed" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
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      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Boolean</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />
        <Parameter Name="sourceType" Type="System.Type" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>The <paramref name="context" /> parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be null, so always check. Also, properties on the context object can return null.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Gets a value indicating whether this converter can convert an object in the given source type to a string using the specified context.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>true if this converter can perform the conversion; otherwise, false.</para>
        </returns>
        <param name="context">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" /> that provides a format context. </param>
        <param name="sourceType">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />A <see cref="T:System.Type" /> that represents the type you wish to convert from. </param>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="ConvertFrom">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public override object ConvertFrom (System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture, object value);" />
      <MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual instance object ConvertFrom(class System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext context, class System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture, object value) cil managed" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
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      </AssemblyInfo>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Object</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" />
        <Parameter Name="culture" Type="System.Globalization.CultureInfo" />
        <Parameter Name="value" Type="System.Object" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <remarks>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>The <paramref name="context" /> parameter can be used to extract additional information about the environment this converter is being invoked from. This can be null, so you always need to check its value. In addition, properties on the context object can return null.</para>
        </remarks>
        <summary>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>Converts the specified value object to a <see cref="T:System.String" /> object.</para>
        </summary>
        <returns>
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />
          <para>An <see cref="T:System.Object" /> that represents the converted value.</para>
        </returns>
        <param name="context">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />An <see cref="T:System.ComponentModel.ITypeDescriptorContext" /> that provides a format context. </param>
        <param name="culture">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The <see cref="T:System.Globalization.CultureInfo" /> to use. </param>
        <param name="value">
          <attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The <see cref="T:System.Object" /> to convert. </param>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
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