laatzen/Common/CommonConsole/Value.cs

namespace CommonConsole
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;

    public abstract class Value
    {
        public virtual object Current { get; set; }

        public virtual byte[] Buffer { get; set; }

        public static implicit operator Value(string valueName)
        {
            try
            {
                var valueType = Type.GetType(
                    typeName: $"CommonConsole.{valueName}",
                    throwOnError: false,
                    ignoreCase: true);
                var instance = Activator.CreateInstance(valueType);

                if (instance is Value value)
                {
                    return value;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                // TODO: Handle exceptions.
            }

            return default(Value);
        }

        public static IEnumerable<string> ValueTypes
            => typeof(Value)
                .Assembly
                .GetTypes()
                .Where(x => typeof(Value).IsAssignableFrom(x) && !x.IsAbstract)
                .Select(x => x.Name);
    }

    public class Value<T> : Value
    {
        protected T value;
    }

    public class bool_t : Value<bool>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (bool)value;
        }
    }

    public class rpc : Value<int>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (int)value;
        }
    }

    public class @string : Value<string>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (string)value;
        }
    }

    public class time_t : Value<int>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (int)value;
        }
    }

    public class status_t : Value<byte>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (byte)value;
        }
    }

    public class enum8 : Value<byte>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (byte)value;
        }
    }

    public class uint8_t : Value<byte>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (byte)value;
        }
    }

    public class uint16_t : Value<ushort>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (ushort)value;
        }
    }

    public class uint32_t : Value<uint>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (uint)value;
        }
    } 

    public class uint64_t : Value<ulong>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (ulong)value;
        }
    }

    public class uint96_t : Value<string>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (string)value;
        }
    }

    public class int8_t : Value<sbyte>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (sbyte)value;
        }
    }

    public class int16_t : Value<short>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (short)value;
        }
    }

    public class int32_t : Value<int>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (int)value;
        }
    }

    public class int64_t : Value<long>
    {
        public override object Current
        {
            get => this.value;
            set => this.value = (long)value;
        }
    }
}