HostFunctionscastT Method

Casts an object to the specified host type.

Namespace: Microsoft.ClearScript
Assembly: ClearScript.Core (in ClearScript.Core.dll) Version: 7.5.0

Syntax

public Object cast<T>(
	Object value
)

Public Function cast(Of T) ( 
	value As Object
) As Object

public:
generic<typename T>
Object^ cast(
	Object^ value
)

member cast : 
        value : Object -> Object

Parameters

value Object: The object to cast to the specified host type.

Type Parameters

T: The host type to which to cast value.

Return Value

Object
The result of the cast.

Remarks

If the cast fails, this function throws an exception.

Example

The following code casts a floating-point value to a 32-bit integer. It assumes that an instance of ExtendedHostFunctions is exposed under the name "host" (see AddHostObject).

JavaScript

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var Int32T = host.type("System.Int32");
var intValue = host.cast(Int32T, 12.5);

Reference

HostFunctions Class

Microsoft.ClearScript Namespace

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