TypeConverters are dead. Long live ValueResolvers. about umbraco-ditto HOT 4 CLOSED

@micklaw, thanks for the feedback!

The #97 discussion was good to help confirm how we're using ValueResolvers in our own implementations.

TypeConverters are still an important feature, especially from an Umbraco Core perspective, since the TryConvertTo<T> extension method makes use of them all over the place :-)

When I get around to writing the doco for it, I'll be taking the view that the usage is in the name... ValueResolvers resolve values, TypeConverters convert types.

If a developer wants to abuse that approach, (e.g. convert types within resolvers and vice versa), then that is their own decision, not our recommendation.

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Cool, as I say was just an observation after using it =) Still loving it by the way, good work.

When you mention the Umbraco Core perspective, does Ditto not use the value returned from the Umbraco type conversion? I thought the usages of TypeConverters via Umbraco and Ditto were totally separate, is there cross over of some kind between the two libraries TypeConverters?

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Yes, sorry I didn't mean to confuse... Ditto uses the value from Umbraco (post-conversion, if any) 👍

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Yeah, keeping a consistent pattern makes sense.

Cheers dude

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