improvements to strict type checking and casting

mocha-dotnet/src/lib/Mocha.Core/MethodImplementations/BuildAttributeMethodImplementation.cs

@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ public class BuildAttributeMethodImplementation : MethodImplementation
 			}
 			context.SetWorkData(returnsAttribute, value);
 		}
+		else if (oms.IsInstanceOf(returnsAttribute, oms.GetInstance(KnownInstanceGuids.Classes.BooleanAttribute)))
+		{
+			object? value = oms.UnsafeGetAttributeValue(method, oms.GetInstance(KnownAttributeGuids.Text.Value)); // initial value
+
+			if (value is string)
+			{
+				bool val = Boolean.Parse((string)value);
+				context.SetWorkData(returnsAttribute, val);
+			}
+		}
 		else if (oms.IsInstanceOf(returnsAttribute, oms.GetInstance(KnownInstanceGuids.Classes.NumericAttribute)))
 		{
 			object? value = oms.UnsafeGetAttributeValue(method, oms.GetInstance(KnownAttributeGuids.Numeric.Value)); // initial value

mocha-dotnet/src/lib/Mocha.Core/OmsContext.cs

@@ -67,6 +67,28 @@ public class OmsContext
 	}
 	public object? GetWorkData(IInstanceReference parm)
 	{
+		object? value = UnsafeGetWorkData(parm);
+		if (value is string sz)
+		{
+			// we really only need to check if we get returned a string like "True" instead of a bool like `false`
+			// !fixme! move all this hardcoded $@#! into configurable OMS AttributeImplementations
+			if (Oms.IsInstanceOf(parm, Oms.GetInstance(KnownInstanceGuids.Classes.BooleanAttribute)))
+			{
+				value = Boolean.Parse(sz);
+			}
+			else if (Oms.IsInstanceOf(parm, Oms.GetInstance(KnownInstanceGuids.Classes.DateAttribute)))
+			{
+				value = DateTime.Parse(sz);
+			}
+		}
+		return value;
+	}
+	private object? UnsafeGetWorkData(IInstanceReference parm)
+	{
+		// this is the former (object GetWorkData(IInstanceReference))
+		// still providing the underlying implementation of finding the appropriate WD value
+		// but the public facing replacement function now casts it to the appropriate Attribute
+		// or Instance Set type if it is not String
 		if (_WorkData.ContainsKey(parm.GetHandle()))
 			return _WorkData[parm.GetHandle()];