// static methods
public static SoapServiceProviderItem Wrap(ServiceProviderItem item)
{
if (item == null)
{
return(null);
}
// wrap only "persistent" properties
SoapServiceProviderItem sobj = new SoapServiceProviderItem();
sobj.TypeName = item.GetType().AssemblyQualifiedName;
// add common properties
Hashtable props = GetObjectProperties(item, true);
props.Add("Id", item.Id.ToString());
props.Add("Name", item.Name);
props.Add("ServiceId", item.ServiceId.ToString());
props.Add("PackageId", item.PackageId.ToString());
List <string> wrProps = new List <string>();
foreach (string key in props.Keys)
{
wrProps.Add(key + "=" + props[key].ToString());
}
sobj.Properties = wrProps.ToArray();
return(sobj);
}
public static ServiceProviderItem Unwrap(SoapServiceProviderItem sobj)
{
Type type = Type.GetType(sobj.TypeName);
ServiceProviderItem item = (ServiceProviderItem)Activator.CreateInstance(type);
// get properties
if (sobj.Properties != null)
{
// get type properties and add it to the hash
Dictionary <string, PropertyInfo> hash = new Dictionary <string, PropertyInfo>();
PropertyInfo[] propInfos = GetTypeProperties(type);
foreach (PropertyInfo propInfo in propInfos)
{
hash.Add(propInfo.Name, propInfo);
}
// set service item properties
foreach (string pair in sobj.Properties)
{
try //TODO: that try catch is a dirty fix. Without it we get that issue System.ArgumentException: Object of type 'System.String' cannot be converted to type 'SolidCP.Providers.Virtualization.VirtualHardDiskInfo[]'.
//possible that method works only with simple objects.
{
int idx = pair.IndexOf('=');
string name = pair.Substring(0, idx);
string val = pair.Substring(idx + 1);
if (hash.ContainsKey(name))
{
// set value
PropertyInfo propInfo = hash[name];
propInfo.SetValue(item, Cast(val, propInfo.PropertyType), null);
}
}
catch { }
}
}
return(item);
}