/// <summary>
/// This method extract TypeMetadata object from Type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">type that need to be processed</param>
/// <returns>TypeMetadata object that is representing given type</returns>
public static TypeMetadata ExtractTypeMetadata(Type type)
{
TypeMetadata typeMetadata = new TypeMetadata();
Type collectionType = null;
Type dictionaryType = null;
typeMetadata.Name = type.Name;
typeMetadata.ID = type.GUID;
typeMetadata.IsScalar = ScalarTypes.IsScalarType(type);
typeMetadata.IsInterface = type.IsInterface;
typeMetadata.IsGenericType = type.IsGenericType;
typeMetadata.IsCollectionType = Utils.IsCollectionType(type, ref collectionType);
typeMetadata.IsDictionaryType = Utils.IsDictionaryType(type, ref dictionaryType);
typeMetadata.IsEnum = type.IsEnum;
typeMetadata.EnumValues = ExtractEnumValues(type);
typeMetadata.GenericType = type.IsGenericType? type.GetGenericTypeDefinition().Name : null;
typeMetadata.CustomAttributes = ExtractCustomAttribute(type);
typeMetadata.Interfaces = ExtractInterfaces(type);
typeMetadata.GenericArguments = ExtractGenericAttributes(type);
if (!typeMetadata.IsScalar && !typeMetadata.IsDictionaryType && !typeMetadata.IsCollectionType)
{
typeMetadata.Properties = ExtractPropertiesMetadata(type);
}
return(typeMetadata);
}
/// <summary>
/// This method is used for finding all property types. It is used in way, in begining you should
/// give this method RootType as type, and return list will contain all types that root type contains.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type"> type that need to be processed</param>
/// <param name="result"> list in which we will add all types that are found</param>
/// <returns>list of all finded types</returns>
public static List <Type> RecursivelyExtractTypeMetadata(Type type, List <Type> result)
{
if (type.GetInterfaces() != null && type.GetInterfaces().Length != 0)
{
foreach (Type t in type.GetInterfaces())
{
if (!result.Contains(t))
{
RecursivelyExtractTypeMetadata(t, result);
}
if (!result.Contains(t))
{
result.Add(t);
}
}
}
Collection <PropertyInfo> propertiesOfType = new Collection <PropertyInfo>();
Utils.ExtractProperties(type, propertiesOfType);
result.Insert(0, type);
foreach (PropertyInfo pi in propertiesOfType)
{
Type propertyType = null;
Type collectionType = null;
Type dictionaryType = null;
if (Utils.IsCollectionType(pi.PropertyType, ref collectionType))
{
if (collectionType.IsGenericType)
{
propertyType = collectionType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
if (!result.Contains(propertyType) && !ScalarTypes.IsScalarType(propertyType))
{
TypeSingleton.RecursivelyExtractTypeMetadata(propertyType, result);
}
result.Add(collectionType);
}
}
else
{
if (Utils.IsDictionaryType(pi.PropertyType, ref dictionaryType))
{
Type firstType = dictionaryType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
Type secondType = dictionaryType.GetGenericArguments()[1];
if (!result.Contains(firstType) && !ScalarTypes.IsScalarType(propertyType))
{
TypeSingleton.RecursivelyExtractTypeMetadata(firstType, result);
}
if (!result.Contains(secondType) && !ScalarTypes.IsScalarType(propertyType))
{
TypeSingleton.RecursivelyExtractTypeMetadata(secondType, result);
}
result.Add(dictionaryType);
}
else
{
propertyType = pi.PropertyType;
if (!result.Contains(propertyType) && !ScalarTypes.IsScalarType(propertyType))
{
TypeSingleton.RecursivelyExtractTypeMetadata(propertyType, result);
}
}
}
}
return(result);
}