/// <summary>
/// The default value of the type.
/// (Dictionary types returns {}, enumerable types returns [], boolean types returns false,
/// numeric types returns 0, void returns void(0), all other types return null)
/// </summary>
public static string Default(this Type type)
{
// Dictionary = { [key: type]: type; }
if (type.Name.StartsWith("{"))
{
return("{}");
}
if (type.IsEnumerable)
{
return("[]");
}
if (type.Name == "boolean" && type.IsNullable == false)
{
return("false");
}
if (type.Name == "number" && type.IsNullable == false)
{
return("0");
}
if (type.Name == "void")
{
return("void(0)");
}
if (type.IsGuid && type.IsNullable == false)
{
return("\"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\"");
}
return("null");
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the first TypeArgument of a generic type or the type itself if it's not generic.
/// </summary>
public static Type Unwrap(this Type type)
{
return(type.IsGeneric ? type.TypeArguments.First() : type);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the name of the type without []
/// </summary>
public static string ClassName(this Type type)
{
return(type.Name.TrimEnd('[', ']'));
}
