/// <summary>
/// Returns an empty <see cref="IEnumerable{T}"/> that has the specified type argument.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">
/// The <see cref="Type"/> to assign to the type parameter of the returned
/// generic <see cref="IEnumerable{T}"/>.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// The <see cref="object"/> representing the empty enumerable.
/// </returns>
public static object Empty(Type type)
{
MethodBaseCacheItem key = GetMethodCacheKey(type);
if (!DelegateCache.TryGetValue(key, out var f))
{
f = StaticMethod <object>(EmptyMethod.MakeGenericMethod(type));
DelegateCache[key] = f;
}
return(((Func <object, object>)f)(type));
}
/// <summary>
/// Generic method to find the specified type and cache the result
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">The type</param>
/// <param name="cacheResult">Whether to cache the result</param>
/// <param name="specificAssemblies">Specific assemblies to search within</param>
/// <returns>The <see cref="IEnumerable{Type}"/></returns>
public static IEnumerable <Type> ResolveTypes(Type type, bool cacheResult = true, IEnumerable <Assembly> specificAssemblies = null)
{
MethodBaseCacheItem key = GetMethodCacheKey(type);
if (!DelegateCache.TryGetValue(key, out var f))
{
f = CreateGenericResolveMethod(ResolveMethod.MakeGenericMethod(type));
DelegateCache[key] = f;
}
return(((Func <bool, IEnumerable <Assembly>, IEnumerable <Type> >)f)(cacheResult, specificAssemblies));
}
/// <summary>
/// Casts the elements of the given <see cref="IEnumerable"/> to the specified type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">The <see cref="Type"/> to cast to.</param>
/// <param name="value">
/// The <see cref="IEnumerable"/> to cast the items of.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// The <see cref="object"/> representing the cast enumerable.
/// </returns>
public static object Cast(Type type, IEnumerable value)
{
MethodBaseCacheItem key = GetMethodCacheKey(type);
if (!DelegateCache.TryGetValue(key, out var f))
{
f = StaticMethodSingleParameter <object>(CastMethod.MakeGenericMethod(type));
DelegateCache[key] = f;
}
return(((Func <object, object>)f)(value));
}
