'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<CanBeNullAttribute()>
Public Shared Function AsPrimitiveDataType( _
   ByVal dataType As DataType _
) As PrimitiveDataType

'Usage
 
Dim dataType As DataType
Dim value As PrimitiveDataType
 
value = DataTypeExtension.AsPrimitiveDataType(dataType)

[Extension()]
[CanBeNull()]
public static PrimitiveDataType AsPrimitiveDataType( 
   DataType dataType
)

[Extension()]
[CanBeNull()]
public:
static PrimitiveDataType^ AsPrimitiveDataType( 
   DataType^ dataType
) 

Parameters

dataType

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Returns null if the current data type is not a primitive data type.

This method has been introduced primarily for languages like PHP that do not allow down-casting.

This is an extension method (info: C#, VB.NET). In languages that have support for extensions methods (such as C# and VB.NET), you can use the extension method as if it were a regular method on the object that is its first parameter. In other languages (such as with Python.NET), you will call the extension as a static method, and pass it the object on which it acts as its first parameter.

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows