/// <summary>
/// Load property data from an ATOM response
/// </summary>
/// <param name="property">The property being loaded</param>
/// <returns>property values as IEnumerable.</returns>
private MaterializeAtom ReadPropertyFromAtom(ClientPropertyAnnotation property)
{
DataServiceContext context = (DataServiceContext)this.Source;
bool merging = context.ApplyingChanges;
try
{
context.ApplyingChanges = true;
// store the results so that they can be there in the response body.
Type elementType = property.IsEntityCollection ? property.EntityCollectionItemType : property.NullablePropertyType;
IList results = (IList)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(List <>).MakeGenericType(elementType));
DataServiceQueryContinuation continuation = null;
// elementType.ElementType has Nullable stripped away, use nestedType for materializer
using (MaterializeAtom materializer = this.GetMaterializer(this.plan))
{
Debug.Assert(materializer != null, "materializer != null -- otherwise GetMaterializer() returned null rather than empty");
// when SetLink to null, we cannot get materializer because have no-content response.
if (materializer.IsNoContentResponse() &&
property.GetValue(entity) != null &&
context.MergeOption != MergeOption.AppendOnly &&
context.MergeOption != MergeOption.NoTracking)
{
property.SetValue(this.entity, null, propertyName, false);
}
else
{
foreach (object child in materializer)
{
if (property.IsEntityCollection)
{
results.Add(child);
}
else if (property.IsPrimitiveOrEnumOrComplexCollection)
{
Debug.Assert(property.PropertyType.IsAssignableFrom(child.GetType()), "Created instance for storing collection items has to be compatible with the actual one.");
// Collection materialization rules requires to clear the collection if not null or set the property first and then add the collection items
object collectionInstance = property.GetValue(this.entity);
if (collectionInstance == null)
{
// type of child has been resolved as per rules for collections so it is the correct type to instantiate
collectionInstance = Activator.CreateInstance(child.GetType());
// allowAdd is false - we need to assign instance as the new property value
property.SetValue(this.entity, collectionInstance, this.propertyName, false /* allowAdd? */);
}
else
{
// Clear existing collection
property.ClearBackingICollectionInstance(collectionInstance);
}
foreach (var collectionItem in (IEnumerable)child)
{
Debug.Assert(property.PrimitiveOrComplexCollectionItemType.IsAssignableFrom(collectionItem.GetType()), "Type of materialized collection items have to be compatible with the type of collection items in the actual collection property.");
property.AddValueToBackingICollectionInstance(collectionInstance, collectionItem);
}
results.Add(collectionInstance);
}
else
{
// it is either primitive type, complex type or 1..1 navigation property so we just allow setting the value but not adding.
property.SetValue(this.entity, child, this.propertyName, false);
results.Add(child);
}
}
}
continuation = materializer.GetContinuation(null);
}
return(MaterializeAtom.CreateWrapper(context, results, continuation));
}
finally
{
context.ApplyingChanges = merging;
}
}
