/// <summary>
/// Gets and initialises a code-first attribute applied to a member. The member must be a type or property.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of <see cref="CodeFirstAttribute"/> to get</typeparam>
/// <param name="type">The type to get the attribute from</param>
/// <param name="initialise">True to initialse the attribute if it is a IInitialisableAttribute</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T GetCodeFirstAttribute <T>(this MemberInfo member, bool initialise = true) where T : CodeFirstAttribute
{
if (member is Type)
{
return(CodeFirstAttributeCache.Get <T>(member as Type, initialise));
}
else if (member is PropertyInfo)
{
return(CodeFirstAttributeCache.Get <T>(member as PropertyInfo, initialise));
}
else
{
throw new AttributeInitialisationException("Code-first attributes only support Type and Property member types, and cannot be applied to or retrieved from " + member.MemberType.ToString());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of attributes of type T if any are applied to the given property
/// </summary>
/// <param name="info">The property to inspect</param>
/// <param name="initialise">True to initialise the attribute if it is initialisable</param>
/// <returns>The attributes, or an empty collection if none is found</returns>
internal static IEnumerable <T> GetCodeFirstAttributesWithInheritance <T>(this PropertyInfo info, bool initialise = true) where T : MultipleCodeFirstAttribute
{
return(CodeFirstAttributeCache.GetManyWithInheritance <T>(info, initialise));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of attributes of type T if any are applied to the given property
/// </summary>
/// <param name="info">The property to inspect</param>
/// <param name="initialise">True to initialise the attribute if it is initialisable</param>
/// <returns>The attributes, or an empty collection if none is found</returns>
public static IEnumerable <T> GetCodeFirstAttributes <T>(this PropertyInfo info, bool initialise = true) where T : MultipleCodeFirstAttribute
{
return(CodeFirstAttributeCache.GetMany <T>(info, initialise));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets an attribute of type T if one is applied to the given property
/// </summary>
/// <param name="info">The property to inspect</param>
/// <param name="initialise">True to initialise the attribute if it is initialisable</param>
/// <returns>The attribute, or null if none is found</returns>
public static T GetCodeFirstAttribute <T>(this PropertyInfo info, bool initialise = true) where T : CodeFirstAttribute
{
return(CodeFirstAttributeCache.Get <T>(info, initialise));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets attributes of type T if any are applied to the given type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">The type to inspect</param>
/// <param name="initialise">True to initialise the attribute if it is initialisable</param>
/// <returns>The attribute, or null if none is found</returns>
public static IEnumerable <T> GetCodeFirstAttributes <T>(this Type type, bool initialise = true) where T : MultipleCodeFirstAttribute
{
return(CodeFirstAttributeCache.GetMany <T>(type, initialise));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets and initialises a code-first attribute applied to a type
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of <see cref="CodeFirstAttribute"/> to get</typeparam>
/// <param name="type">The type to get the attribute from</param>
/// <param name="initialise">True to initialse the attribute if it is a IInitialisableAttribute</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T GetCodeFirstAttribute <T>(this Type type, bool initialise = true) where T : CodeFirstAttribute
{
return(CodeFirstAttributeCache.Get <T>(type, initialise));
}
