Opc.Ua.ContentFilter.Cast C# (CSharp) Method

        private static object Cast(object source, BuiltInType sourceType, BuiltInType targetType)
        {
            // null always casts to null.
            if (source == null)
            {
                return null;
            }

            // extract the value from a Variant if specified.
            if (source is Variant)
            {
                return Cast(((Variant)source).Value, targetType);
            }

            // call the appropriate function if a conversion is supported for the target type.
            try
            {
                switch (targetType)
                {
                    case BuiltInType.Boolean:        return ToBoolean(source, sourceType);                
                    case BuiltInType.SByte:          return ToSByte(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.Byte:           return ToByte(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.Int16:          return ToInt16(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.UInt16:         return ToUInt16(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.Int32:          return ToInt32(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.UInt32:         return ToUInt32(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.Int64:          return ToInt64(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.UInt64:         return ToUInt64(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.Float:          return ToFloat(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.Double:         return ToDouble(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.String:         return ToString(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.DateTime:       return ToDateTime(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.Guid:           return ToGuid(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.ByteString:     return ToByteString(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.NodeId:         return ToNodeId(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.ExpandedNodeId: return ToExpandedNodeId(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.StatusCode:     return ToStatusCode(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.QualifiedName:  return ToQualifiedName(source, sourceType);
                    case BuiltInType.LocalizedText:  return ToLocalizedText(source, sourceType);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Utils.Trace(e, "Error converting a {1} (Value={0}) to {2}.", source, sourceType, targetType);
            }

            // conversion not supported.
            return null;
        }
        #endregion