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+using System;
+
+namespace MetroWpf
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Universal conversion and parsing methods for strings.
+    /// These methods are avaiblable throught the generic object.Convert method:
+    /// Feel free to provide additional converns for string or any other object type.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <example><code>
+    /// var value = "123";
+    /// var numeric = value.Convert().ToInt32();
+    /// </code></example>
+    public static class StringConverter
+    {
+        #region · Extensions ·
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a string to an Int32 value
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <example><code>
+        /// var value = "123";
+        /// var numeric = value.Convert().ToInt32();
+        /// </code></example>
+        public static int ToInt32(this IConverter<string> value)
+        {
+            return ToInt32(value, 0, false);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts a string to an Int32 value
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
+        /// <param name="defaultValue">The default value.</param>
+        /// <param name="ignoreException">if set to <c>true</c> any parsing exception will be ignored.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <example><code>
+        /// var value = "123";
+        /// var numeric = value.Convert().ToInt32();
+        /// </code></example>
+        public static int ToInt32(this IConverter<string> value, int defaultValue, bool ignoreException)
+        {
+            if (ignoreException)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    return ToInt32(value, defaultValue, false);
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                }
+
+                return defaultValue;
+            }
+
+            return int.Parse(value.Value);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
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