private static bool TryConstructorShortcut(string shortcut, Type type, out object result)
{
try {
if (shortcut.StartsWith("(") && shortcut.EndsWith(")"))
{
string text = shortcut.Substring(1, shortcut.Length - 2); // remove the ( and )
var paramStrings = text.Split(',');
var constructors = type.GetConstructors();
ConstructorInfo constructor = constructors[0];
if (constructors.Length > 1)
{
foreach (var c in constructors)
{
// todo: it would be nice to check constructor parameter types for compatibility with paramStrings.
// say a type had one constructor that took a string, and one constructor that took an int. We should be able to pick the right one.
if (c.GetParameters().Length == paramStrings.Length)
{
constructor = c;
break;
}
}
}
var parameters = constructor.GetParameters();
var constructorParams = new object[parameters.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < parameters.Length; i++)
{
if (i < paramStrings.Length)
{
constructorParams[i] = BaseTypesManager.ParseBaseType(paramStrings[i].Trim(), parameters[i].ParameterType);
}
else // optional parameter support
{
constructorParams[i] = parameters[i].DefaultValue;
}
}
result = constructor.Invoke(constructorParams);
return(true);
}
} catch { } // I am a good programmer
result = null;
return(false);
}
private static bool TryMethodShortcut(string shortcut, Type type, out object result)
{
try {
if (shortcut.Contains("(") && shortcut.Contains(")"))
{
string methodname = shortcut.Substring(0, shortcut.IndexOf('('));
var method = type.GetMethod(methodname, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);
if (method != null && method.ReturnType == type)
{
var parameters = method.GetParameters();
string s = shortcut.Substring(shortcut.IndexOf('(') + 1, shortcut.Length - shortcut.IndexOf('(') - 2);
var paramStrings = s.Split(',');
var methodParams = new object[parameters.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < parameters.Length; i++)
{
if (i < paramStrings.Length)
{
methodParams[i] = BaseTypesManager.ParseBaseType(paramStrings[i].Trim(), parameters[i].ParameterType);
}
else // optional parameter support
{
methodParams[i] = parameters[i].DefaultValue;
}
}
result = method.Invoke(null, methodParams);
return(true);
}
}
} catch { } // Who am I kidding. I am a bad programmer :(
result = null;
return(false);
}