// 
// ToStringHelper.cs
//  
// Author:
//       Michael Hutchinson <mhutchinson@novell.com>
// 
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;

namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating
{
	
	
	public static class ToStringHelper
	{
		static object [] formatProviderAsParameterArray;
		static IFormatProvider formatProvider = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

		static ToStringHelper ()
		{
			formatProviderAsParameterArray = new object[] { formatProvider };
		}

		public static string ToStringWithCulture (object objectToConvert)
		{
			if (objectToConvert == null)
				return null;

			IConvertible conv = objectToConvert as IConvertible;
			if (conv != null)
				return conv.ToString (formatProvider);
			
			MethodInfo mi = objectToConvert.GetType ().GetMethod ("ToString", new Type[] { typeof (IFormatProvider) });
			if (mi != null && mi.ReturnType == typeof (String))
				return (string) mi.Invoke (objectToConvert, formatProviderAsParameterArray);
			return objectToConvert.ToString ();
		}
		
		public static IFormatProvider FormatProvider {
			get { return (IFormatProvider)formatProviderAsParameterArray[0]; }
			set { formatProviderAsParameterArray[0] = formatProvider = value; }
		}
	}
}
