/// <summary>
/// Initialises a DynamicType object using details from a ITypeDescriptorCollection object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="node">A DynamicType object to initialise.</param>
/// <param name="entityFields">A ITypeDescriptorCollection object containing the details of the fields.</param>
public static void Initialise(this DynamicType node, ITypeDescriptorCollection entityFields)
{
// Add an entry for each field in entityFields and initialise its value to an appropriate default.
foreach (ITypeDescriptor fieldDefinition in entityFields)
{
Type fieldType = Type.GetType(fieldDefinition.TypeName, true, true);
object fieldValue;
if (fieldType == typeof(string))
{
fieldValue = string.Empty;
}
else if (fieldType == typeof(DateTime))
{
fieldValue = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1);
}
else
{
fieldValue = Activator.CreateInstance(fieldType);
}
node.Add(fieldDefinition.Name, fieldValue);
}
}