Connected.Components/Utilities/BindingConverters/BoolConverter.cs

using System;

namespace Connected
{

    /// <summary>
    /// A universal T to bool? binding converter
    /// </summary>
    public class BoolConverter<T> : Converter<T, bool?>
    {

        public BoolConverter()
        {
        }

		protected override bool? ConvertValue(T? value)
		{
            return OnSet(value);
		}

		protected override T? ConvertValueBack(bool? value)
		{
			return OnGet(value);
		}

		private T OnGet(bool? value)
        {
            try
            {
                if (typeof(T) == typeof(bool))
                    return (T)(object)(value == true);
                else if (typeof(T) == typeof(bool?))
                    return (T)(object)value;
                else if (typeof(T) == typeof(string))
                    return (T)(object)(value == true ? "on" : (value == false ? "off" : null));
                else if (typeof(T) == typeof(int))
                    return (T)(object)(value == true ? 1 : 0);
                else if (typeof(T) == typeof(int?))
                    return (T)(object)(value == true ? 1 : (value == false ? (int?)0 : null));
                else
                {
                    TriggerError($"Conversion to type {typeof(T)} not implemented");
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                TriggerError("Conversion error: " + e.Message);
                return default(T);
            }
            return default(T);
        }

        private bool? OnSet(T arg)
        {
            if (arg == null)
                return null; // <-- this catches all nullable values which are null. no nullchecks necessary below!
            try
            {
                if (arg is bool)
                    return (bool)(object)arg;
                else if (arg is bool?)
                    return (bool?)(object)arg;
                else if (arg is int)
                    return ((int)(object)arg) > 0;
                else if (arg is string)
                {
                    var s = (string)(object)arg;
                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(s))
                        return null;
                    if (bool.TryParse(s, out var b))
                        return b;
                    if (s.ToLowerInvariant() == "on")
                        return true;
                    if (s.ToLowerInvariant() == "off")
                        return false;
                    return null;
                }
                else
                {
                    TriggerError("Unable to convert to bool? from type " + typeof(T).Name);
                    return null;
                }
            }
            catch (FormatException e)
            {
                TriggerError("Conversion error: " + e.Message);
                return null;
            }
        }

    }
}