Method FromPhoneNumber

FromPhoneNumber(String)

Attempts to normalise a string containing a phone number to a form that can be used as a payer id.

Declaration

public static string FromPhoneNumber(string phoneNumber)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	phoneNumber	A string containing a phone number.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	A new string containing the normalised form of the phone number.

Remarks

This method will remove or ignore any invalid characters in the string provided and return the rules. The result is validated via the IsPhoneNumberValidId(String) method before being returned, and if invalid an exception is thrown.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	Thrown if phoneNumber is null.
System.ArgumentException	Thrown if phoneNumber is an empty string or contains only whitespace characters.
OnlineEftposInvalidDataException	Thrown if the converted phoneNumber value does not pass validation by the IsPhoneNumberValidId(String) method.