From 0e0e176111fb7d7d5e5c2a72459a4ddf8065cec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Becker <alcexhim@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 21:15:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] implement helper function to get property value as a specific
 type

---
 .../ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs                    | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CSharp/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs b/CSharp/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs
index 44e20a95..02f8a175 100644
--- a/CSharp/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs
+++ b/CSharp/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs
@@ -354,5 +354,15 @@ namespace UniversalEditor.ObjectModels.FileSystem
 			bw.Flush();
 			return count;
 		}
+
+		public T GetProperty<T>(string name, T defaultValue = default(T))
+		{
+			if (Properties.ContainsKey(name))
+			{
+				if (Properties[name] is T)
+					return (T)Properties[name];
+			}
+			return defaultValue;
+		}
 	}
 }