/// <summary>
/// Invoke an action of a specific controller
/// </summary>
/// <param name="controller">The controller</param>
/// <param name="actionName">The name of the action to execute</param>
/// <param name="asyncMode">Indicates wheter the action should be executed in a asynchronous mode or not</param>
/// <returns>The result of the action. Null is returned for asynchronous actions</returns>
private IActionResult InvokeActionMethod(IController controller, string actionName, bool asyncMode, ActionParameters parameters)
{
//If the action should be executed asynchronously
if (asyncMode && !this.BgAsyncMethods.IsBusy)
{
//building parameter
parameters.Add("controller", controller);
parameters.Add("actionName", actionName);
BgAsyncMethods.RunWorkerAsync(parameters);
return(null);
}
return(new ActionInvoker().Invoke(controller, actionName, parameters));
}
/// <summary>
/// Execute asynchronous actions. It's executed in a different thread
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender">The sender object</param>
/// <param name="e">Event's arguments</param>
void BgAsyncMethods_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
object[] parameters = null;
IController controller = null;
string actionName = null;
object[] results = null;
IActionResult actionResult = null;
Exception exception = null;
try
{
BgAsyncMethods.ReportProgress(1);
//Getting arguments
parameters = e.Argument as object[];
//Retrieving controller and action to invoke
controller = parameters[0] as IController;
actionName = parameters[1] as string;
//Building de result object
results = new object[] { actionResult, controller, exception /*exception*/ };
//Executing action
actionResult = (IActionResult)controller.GetType().GetMethod(actionName).Invoke(controller, null);
//Storing the result object for the next step
results[0] = actionResult;
e.Result = results;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//Init the result object
results[2] = ex.InnerException; /* The innerException is used because the Invoke method of a MethodInfo throws a System.TargetInvocationException*/
e.Result = results;
}
}
