/// <summary>
/// Extracts the inner list from the System.Collections.CollectionBase.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="collection">The collection base to extract from.</param>
/// <returns>An array list that is the inner list for a collection base object.</returns>
public static System.Collections.ArrayList GetInnerList(System.Collections.CollectionBase collection)
{
// check to see if collection object is null
if (collection == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("collection", "Unable to extract the inner list for a null collection.");
}
// declare the property member array
PropertyInfo[] proparray;
// get the object type
Type objtype = collection.GetType();
// Get the properties of the collection
proparray = objtype.GetProperties(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
// create a return variable for the inner list.
System.Collections.ArrayList innerlist = null;
// get the inner list
for (int i = 0; i < proparray.Length; i++)
{
if (proparray[i].Name == "InnerList")
{
innerlist = proparray[i].GetValue(collection, null) as System.Collections.ArrayList;
break;
}
}
// return the inner list
return(innerlist);
}
