Efcore: Value converter for Uri

[vanillajonathan]

This is a feature request. I would like to propose the addition of a value converter for the Uri type.

[Muppets]

I'm liking the look of this. Taking a stab at raising a PR for it.

[vanillajonathan]

Silly list of value converter candidates for possible consideration or more likely outright rejection.

• ContentType
• CultureInfo
• DirectoryInfo
• DriveInfo
• FileInfo
• HashAlgorithmName
• HttpMethod
• ~IPAddress~ - done thanks to @ralmsdeveloper in #20679
• IPEndPoint
• ProcessStartInfo
• Regex
• RegionInfo
• SecureString
• Version
• X509Certificate2

A candidate could have a public constructor taking a single primitive type, or a have a static Parse method taking a single primitive type.

With your own value converter:

var uriConverter = new ValueConverter<Uri, string>(v => v.ToString(), v => new Uri(v));

Or with backing fields for those who want.

public class Server
{
    private string _iPAddress;

    public IPAddress IPAddress
    {
        get { return IPAddress.Parse(_iPAddress); }
        set { _iPAddress = value.ToString(); }
    }
}

[vanillajonathan]

The IPAddress is now in EF Core thanks to @ralmsdeveloper with pull request #20679.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-5.0/whatsnew#ipaddress-mapping

[vanillajonathan]

PhysicalAddress is now in EF Core thanks to @ralmsdeveloper.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-5.0/whatsnew#physicaladdress-mapping

[vanillajonathan]

Somle more possible candidates:

• Half
• JsonValue
• JsonDocument
• MediaTypeHeaderValue
• TimeSpan