Public Overloads Shared Function TryParse( _
   ByVal input As String, _
   ByVal type As Type, _
   ByRef value As Object _
) As Boolean

public static bool TryParse( 
   string input,
   Type type,
   out object value
)

Assert.AreEqual("5.1", StringUtils.ToString<double>(5.1));
Assert.AreEqual("5.1", StringUtils.ToString((object)new Version(5, 1)));

int ival;
object oval;

Assert.IsTrue(StringUtils.TryParse("1", out ival));
Assert.AreEqual(1, ival);

Assert.IsTrue(StringUtils.TryParse("1", typeof(int), out oval));
Assert.AreEqual(1, oval);

Assert.AreEqual("5.1", StringUtils.ToString(Of Double)(5.1))
Assert.AreEqual("5.1", StringUtils.ToString(DirectCast(New Version(5, 1), Object)))

Dim ival As Integer
Dim oval As Object

Assert.IsTrue(StringUtils.TryParse("1", ival))
Assert.AreEqual(1, ival)

Assert.IsTrue(StringUtils.TryParse("1", GetType(Integer), oval))
Assert.AreEqual(1, oval)