public static Accessor FindPropertyByName <TEntity>(string propertyName)
{
var propertyToFind = propertyName;
var prefix = typeof(TEntity).Name;
if (propertyToFind.StartsWith(prefix))
{
propertyToFind = propertyToFind.Substring(prefix.Length);
}
//This is to handle the situation with address where we have properties that start with the type name.
//We won't find any properties for 1 on address when we are looking for address1 and then rip off the type name.
var property = TypeDescriptorCache.GetPropertyFor(typeof(TEntity), propertyToFind) ??
TypeDescriptorCache.GetPropertyFor(typeof(TEntity), propertyName);
if (property != null)
{
return(new SingleProperty(property));
}
if (ExtensionProperties.HasExtensionFor(typeof(TEntity)))
{
var extensionType = ExtensionProperties.ExtensionFor(typeof(TEntity));
var extensionProperty = TypeDescriptorCache.GetPropertyFor(extensionType, propertyToFind);
var extensionAccessorType = typeof(ExtensionPropertyAccessor <>).MakeGenericType(extensionType);
return((Accessor)Activator.CreateInstance(extensionAccessorType, extensionProperty));
}
return(null);
}
