public long GetLong(string key)
{
Object value = GetObjectProperty(key);
try
{
if(value is Int64)
{
return (long) value;
}
else if(value is Int32 || value is Int16 || value is Byte || value is String)
{
return Convert.ToInt64(value);
}
else
{
throw new MessageFormatException(" cannot read a long from " + value.GetType().Name);
}
}
catch(FormatException ex)
{
throw NMSExceptionSupport.CreateMessageFormatException(ex);
}
}