public void ExpandoToAndFromXml()
{
dynamic properties = new Expando();
properties.Item1 = "Item 1 text";
properties.Item2 = "Item 2 text";
properties.Number3 = 10.22;
string xml = properties.Properties.ToXml();
Assert.IsNotNull(xml);
Console.WriteLine(xml);
dynamic properties2 = new Expando();
Expando expando = properties2 as Expando;
properties2.Properties.FromXml(xml);
Assert.IsTrue(properties2.Item1 == properties.Item1);
Assert.IsTrue(properties2.Number3 == properties.Number3);
Console.WriteLine(properties2.Item1 + " " +
properties2.Number3 + " " +
properties["Item2"]);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create an Expando from a dictionary
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dict"></param>
/// <param name="expando">Expando instance</param>
public Expando(IDictionary <string, object> dict)
{
var expando = this;
Initialize(expando);
Properties = new PropertyBag();
foreach (var kvp in dict)
{
var kvpValue = kvp.Value;
if (kvpValue is IDictionary <string, object> )
{
var expandoVal = new Expando(kvpValue);
expando[kvp.Key] = expandoVal;
}
else if (kvp.Value is ICollection)
{
// iterate through the collection and convert any string-object dictionaries
// along the way into expando objects
var objList = new List <object>();
foreach (var item in (ICollection)kvp.Value)
{
var itemVals = item as IDictionary <string, object>;
if (itemVals != null)
{
var expandoItem = new Expando(itemVals);
objList.Add(expandoItem);
}
else
{
objList.Add(item);
}
}
expando[kvp.Key] = objList;
}
else
{
expando[kvp.Key] = kvpValue;
}
}
}
public void ExpandoFromDictionary()
{
var dict = new Dictionary<string, object>()
{
{"Name", "Rick"},
{"Company", "West Wind"},
{"Accesses", 2}
};
dynamic expando = new Expando(dict);
Console.WriteLine(expando.Name);
Console.WriteLine(expando.Company);
Console.WriteLine(expando.Accesses);
Assert.AreEqual(dict["Name"], expando.Name);
Assert.AreEqual(dict["Company"], expando.Company);
Assert.AreEqual(dict["Accesses"], expando.Accesses);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create an Expando from a dictionary
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dict"></param>
/// <param name="expando">Expando instance</param>
public Expando(IDictionary<string, object> dict)
{
var expando = this;
Initialize(expando);
Properties = new PropertyBag();
foreach (var kvp in dict)
{
var kvpValue = kvp.Value;
if (kvpValue is IDictionary<string,object>)
{
var expandoVal = new Expando(kvpValue);
expando[kvp.Key] = expandoVal;
}
else if (kvp.Value is ICollection)
{
// iterate through the collection and convert any string-object dictionaries
// along the way into expando objects
var objList = new List<object>();
foreach (var item in (ICollection)kvp.Value)
{
var itemVals = item as IDictionary<string, object>;
if (itemVals != null)
{
var expandoItem = new Expando(itemVals);
objList.Add(expandoItem);
}
else
{
objList.Add(item);
}
}
expando[kvp.Key] = objList;
}
else
{
expando[kvp.Key] = kvpValue;
}
}
}