/// <summary>
/// Queries the Cireson Portal for objects using specified criteria.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="authToken">AuthenticationToken to use</param>
/// <param name="criteria">QueryCriteria rules</param>
/// <returns>List of TypeProjections</returns>
internal static async Task <List <T> > GetByCriteria <T>(AuthorizationToken authToken, QueryCriteria criteria) where T : TypeProjection
{
if (!authToken.IsValid)
{
throw new InvalidCredentialException("AuthorizationToken is not valid.");
}
try
{
// Initialize the HTTP helper and get going
PortalHttpHelper helper = new PortalHttpHelper(authToken);
string result = await helper.PostAsync(GET_BY_CRITERIA_ENDPOINT, criteria.ToString());
// TypeProjections have no set properties, so we deserialize to a list of ExpandoObjects
ExpandoObjectConverter converter = new ExpandoObjectConverter();
dynamic objectList = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <ExpandoObject> >(result, converter);
// Convert the ExpandoObjects into proper TypeProjection objects
List <T> returnList = new List <T>();
foreach (ExpandoObject obj in objectList)
{
// Instantiate and add to the list
BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance;
CultureInfo culture = null;
T instanceType = (T)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T), flags, null, null, culture);
instanceType.CurrentObject = obj.DeepCopy();
instanceType.OriginalObject = obj;
instanceType.ReadOnly = false;
returnList.Add(instanceType);
}
return(returnList);
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw; // Rethrow exceptions
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes a QueryCriteria object and serializes it to JSON format
/// </summary>
/// <param name="writer">Writer in use</param>
/// <param name="value">QueryCriteria object to serialize</param>
/// <param name="serializer">Serializer in use</param>
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
{
QueryCriteria criteria = (QueryCriteria)value;
// Error checking
if (criteria.Expressions.Count == 0)
{
throw new JsonSerializationException("Cannot serialize QueryCriteria with no expressions!");
}
else if (criteria.GroupingOperator == QueryCriteriaGroupingOperator.SimpleExpression && criteria.Expressions.Count > 1)
{
throw new JsonSerializationException("Cannot serialize QueryCriteria as SimpleExpression with more than one expression!");
}
else if ((criteria.GroupingOperator == QueryCriteriaGroupingOperator.And || criteria.GroupingOperator == QueryCriteriaGroupingOperator.Or) && criteria.Expressions.Count < 2)
{
throw new JsonSerializationException("Cannot serialize QueryCriteria as non-SimpleExpression with less than two expressions!");
}
else
{
// Check that all our expressions are valid
foreach (QueryCriteriaExpression expression in criteria.Expressions)
{
if (!expression.IsValid())
{
throw new JsonSerializationException("QueryCriteria contains an invalid expression!");
}
}
}
// Let's go!
writer.WriteStartObject();
// Id Property
writer.WritePropertyName("Id");
writer.WriteValue(criteria.ProjectionID.ToString("D"));
#region Criteria JSON object
{
writer.WritePropertyName("Criteria");
writer.WriteStartObject();
#region Base JSON object
{
writer.WritePropertyName("Base");
writer.WriteStartObject();
#region Expression JSON object
{
writer.WritePropertyName("Expression");
writer.WriteStartObject();
// If we're not doing any kind of logical grouping, just dump out the SimpleExpression
if (criteria.GroupingOperator == QueryCriteriaGroupingOperator.SimpleExpression)
{
WriteSimpleExpression(writer, criteria.Expressions[0]);
}
else
{
// If we're doing logical grouping, we need to enumerate all the expressions and dump them out
#region And/Or object
{
writer.WritePropertyName(criteria.GroupingOperator.ToString());
writer.WriteStartObject();
#region Nested Expression object
{
writer.WritePropertyName("Expression");
writer.WriteStartArray();
// Iterate over the expressions and write them
foreach (QueryCriteriaExpression expression in criteria.Expressions)
{
writer.WriteStartObject();
WriteSimpleExpression(writer, expression);
writer.WriteEndObject();
}
writer.WriteEndArray();
}
#endregion Nested Expression object
writer.WriteEndObject();
}
#endregion
}
writer.WriteEndObject();
}
#endregion Expression JSON object
writer.WriteEndObject();
}
#endregion Base JSON object
writer.WriteEndObject();
}
#endregion Criteria JSON object
writer.WriteEndObject(); // JSON
}
