/// <summary>
/// Adds an embedded resource. There can be multiple resources with the same key, in which case a collection of resources will be built.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">The embedded resource key</param>
/// <param name="resource">The embedded resource as represented by a CrichtonRepresentor</param>
public void AddEmbeddedResource(string key, CrichtonRepresentor resource)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(key))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("key");
}
if (resource == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("resource");
}
if (!representor.EmbeddedResources.ContainsKey(key))
{
representor.EmbeddedResources[key] = new List <CrichtonRepresentor>();
}
representor.EmbeddedResources[key].Add(resource);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the CrichtonRepresentor you are building to be a collection instead of a single object.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object contained in the collection, such as a Model or ViewModel type</typeparam>
/// <param name="collection">The collection of objects that represent the collection. JSON.NET will be used to serialize the objects, so the objects can have standard JSON.NET attributes.</param>
/// <param name="selfLinkFunc">A function that defines the Self Link. This will be called on each object to populate the Self Link of the CrichtonRepresentor.</param>
public void SetCollection <T>(IEnumerable <T> collection, Func <T, string> selfLinkFunc)
{
if (collection == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("collection");
}
if (selfLinkFunc == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("selfLinkFunc");
}
foreach (var item in collection)
{
var newRepresentor = new CrichtonRepresentor {
SelfLink = selfLinkFunc(item)
};
newRepresentor.SetAttributesFromObject(item);
representor.Collection.Add(newRepresentor);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the RepresentorBuilder class.
/// </summary>
public RepresentorBuilder()
{
representor = new CrichtonRepresentor();
}