Plain component properties now can be applied from CSS

utils/utils-common.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,26 @@ export function escapeRegexSymbols(source: string): string {
     return source.replace(escapeRegex, "\\$&");
 }
 
+export function convertString(value: string): any {
+    var result;
+    
+    if (value.trim() === "") {
+        result = value;
+    } else {
+        // Try to convert value to number.
+        var valueAsNumber = +value;
+        if (!isNaN(valueAsNumber)) {
+            result = valueAsNumber;
+        } else if (value && (value.toLowerCase() === "true" || value.toLowerCase() === "false")) {
+            result = value.toLowerCase() === "true" ? true : false;
+        } else {
+            result = value;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return result;
+}
+
 export module layout {
 
     var MODE_SHIFT = 30;

utils/utils.d.ts

@@ -235,4 +235,10 @@
      * @param source The original value. 
      */
     export function escapeRegexSymbols(source: string): string
+    
+    /**
+     * Converts string value to number or boolean.
+     * @param value The original value. 
+     */
+    export function convertString(value: string): any    
 }