SerializationInfo.GetSingle(String) Method

Definition

Retrieves a single-precision floating-point value from the SerializationInfo store.

public:
 float GetSingle(System::String ^ name);
public float GetSingle (string name);
member this.GetSingle : string -> single
Public Function GetSingle (name As String) As Single

Parameters

name
String

The name of the value to retrieve.

Returns

The single-precision floating-point value associated with name.

Exceptions

name is null.

The value associated with name cannot be converted to a single-precision floating-point value.

An element with the specified name is not found in the current instance.

Remarks

If the value is a single-precision floating-point number, or can be converted to one, that value is returned; otherwise, a InvalidCastException is thrown. All conversions are done by the IFormatterConverter associated with this SerializationInfo.

Applies to