System.ComponentModel.DefaultValueAttribute.DefaultValueAttribute C# (CSharp) Method

        public DefaultValueAttribute(Type type, string value)
        {
            // The try/catch here is because attributes should never throw exceptions.  We would fail to
            // load an otherwise normal class.
            try
            {
                if (type.IsSubclassOf(typeof(Enum)))
                {
                    this.value = Enum.Parse(type, value, true);
                }
                else if (type == typeof(TimeSpan))
                {
                    this.value = TimeSpan.Parse(value);
                }
                else
                {
                    this.value = Convert.ChangeType(value, type, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                //Debug.WriteLine("Default value attribute of type " + type.ToString() + " threw converting from the string '" + value + "'.");
            }
        }