Provides a type converter to convert collection objects to and from various other representations.

For a list of all members of this type, see CollectionConverter Members.

System.Object
   System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
      System.ComponentModel.CollectionConverter
         System.ComponentModel.ArrayConverter

[Visual Basic]
Public Class CollectionConverter
   Inherits TypeConverter
[C#]
public class CollectionConverter : TypeConverter
[C++]
public __gc class CollectionConverter : public TypeConverter
[JScript]
public class CollectionConverter extends TypeConverter

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Remarks

The GetProperties method for this type converter always returns a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), and the GetPropertiesSupported method always returns false.

For more information about type converters, see the TypeConverter base class and Implementing a Type Converter.

Note   You should never create an instance of CollectionConverter. Instead, call the GetConverter method of TypeDescriptor. For more information, see the examples in the TypeConverter base class.

Requirements

Namespace: System.ComponentModel

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

Assembly: System (in System.dll)

See Also

CollectionConverter Members | System.ComponentModel Namespace