Interface IFormatProvider
- Namespace
- System
- Assembly
- mscorlib.dll
Provides a mechanism for retrieving an object to control formatting.
public interface IFormatProvider- Extension Methods
Remarks
Available only in mscorlib build with support for System.Reflection.
Methods
GetFormat(Type)
Returns an object that provides formatting services for the specified type.
object GetFormat(Type formatType)Parameters
formatTypeTypeAn object that specifies the type of format object to return.
Returns
- object
An instance of the object specified by formatType, if the IFormatProvider implementation can supply that type of object; otherwise, null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).