Class TypeReader

Base class for creating TypeConverters. InteractionService uses TypeConverters to interface with Slash Command parameters.

public abstract class TypeReader

Inherited Members: object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Methods

Will be used to search for alternative TypeReaders whenever the Command Service encounters an unknown parameter type.

public abstract bool CanConvertTo(Type type)

Will be used to read the incoming payload before executing the method body.

public abstract Task<TypeConverterResult> ReadAsync(IInteractionContext context, string option, IServiceProvider services)

context IInteractionContext: Command execution context.
option string: Received option payload.
services IServiceProvider: Service provider that will be used to initialize the command module.

Will be used to serialize objects into strings.

public virtual Task<string> SerializeAsync(object obj, IServiceProvider services)

Task<string>: A task representing the conversion process. The result of the task contains the conversion result.