/// <summary>
/// extracts field value from entity, and converts value to a serialized form
/// </summary>
protected virtual object SerializeField(object fieldOwner, Field fieldInfo, bool optional)
{
Type enityType = fieldOwner.GetType();
System.Reflection.PropertyInfo pinfo = enityType.GetProperty(fieldInfo.fieldName);
if (pinfo == null)
{
if (!optional)
{
throw new Exception(string.Format(ErrorStrings.ERR_PROPERTY_IS_MISSING, enityType.Name, fieldInfo.fieldName));
}
return(null);
}
object propValue = pinfo.GetValue(fieldOwner, null);
return((fieldInfo.fieldType == FieldType.Object) ? (object)SerializeObjectField(propValue, fieldInfo) : _valueConverter.SerializeField(pinfo.PropertyType, fieldInfo, propValue));
}