/// <summary>
/// Invoke the Components Create Method
/// </summary>
/// <param name="component"></param>
public static void Build(this Grevit.Types.Component component, bool useReferenceElement)
{
using (DocumentLock acLckDoc = Grevit.AutoCad.Command.Document.LockDocument())
{
// Create a new transaction
Transaction transaction = Grevit.AutoCad.Command.Database.TransactionManager.StartTransaction();
using (transaction)
{
// Get the components type
Type type = component.GetType();
// Get the Create extension Method using reflection
IEnumerable <System.Reflection.MethodInfo> methods = Grevit.Reflection.Utilities.GetExtensionMethods(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.Assembly, type);
// Check all extensions methods (should only be Create() anyway)
foreach (System.Reflection.MethodInfo method in methods)
{
// get the methods parameters
object[] parameters = new object[method.GetParameters().Length];
// As it is an extension method, the first parameter is the component itself
parameters[0] = component;
parameters[1] = transaction;
#region usingReferenceElement
// if we should use a reference element to invoke the Create method
// and parameter length equals 2
// get the components referenceGID, see if it has been created already
// use this element as a parameter to invoke Create(Element element)
if (useReferenceElement && parameters.Length == 3)
{
// Get the components reference GID
System.Reflection.PropertyInfo propertyReferenceGID = type.GetProperty("referenceGID");
// Return if there is no reference GID property
if (propertyReferenceGID == null)
{
return;
}
// Get the referene GID string value
string referenceGID = (string)propertyReferenceGID.GetValue(component);
// If the reference has been created already, get
// the Element from the document and apply it as parameter two
if (Command.created_objects.ContainsKey(referenceGID))
{
DBObject referenceElement = transaction.GetObject(Command.created_objects[referenceGID], OpenMode.ForRead);
parameters[2] = referenceElement;
}
}
#endregion
// If the create method exists
if (method != null && method.Name.EndsWith("Create"))
{
// Invoke the Create Method without parameters
DBObject createdElement = (Entity)method.Invoke(component, parameters);
// If the return value is valud set the parameters
if (createdElement != null)
{
component.SetParameters(createdElement);
createdElement.AddXData(component, transaction);
component.StoreGID(createdElement.Id);
}
}
}
// commit and dispose the transaction
transaction.Commit();
}
}
}
