/// <summary>
/// Follow any type segments on the path, stopping at the first segment that isn't a type token.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="firstTypeToken">the first type segment</param>
/// <param name="model">the model these types are contained in.</param>
/// <param name="maxDepth">the maximum recursive depth</param>
/// <param name="currentLevelEntityType">the top level entity type, will be overwritten with the last entity type in the chain</param>
/// <param name="firstNonTypeToken">the first non type token in the path</param>
/// <returns>A path with type segments added to it.</returns>
public static IEnumerable <ODataPathSegment> FollowTypeSegments(PathSegmentToken firstTypeToken, IEdmModel model, int maxDepth, ref IEdmEntityType currentLevelEntityType, out PathSegmentToken firstNonTypeToken)
{
ExceptionUtils.CheckArgumentNotNull(firstTypeToken, "firstTypeToken");
ExceptionUtils.CheckArgumentNotNull(model, "model");
if (!firstTypeToken.IsNamespaceOrContainerQualified())
{
throw new ODataException(ODataErrorStrings.SelectExpandPathBinder_FollowNonTypeSegment(firstTypeToken.Identifier));
}
int index = 0;
List <ODataPathSegment> pathToReturn = new List <ODataPathSegment>();
PathSegmentToken currentToken = firstTypeToken;
while (currentToken.IsNamespaceOrContainerQualified() && currentToken.NextToken != null)
{
IEdmEntityType previousLevelEntityType = currentLevelEntityType;
currentLevelEntityType = UriEdmHelpers.FindTypeFromModel(model, currentToken.Identifier) as IEdmEntityType;
if (currentLevelEntityType == null)
{
// TODO: fix this error message?
throw new ODataException(ODataErrorStrings.ExpandItemBinder_CannotFindType(currentToken.Identifier));
}
UriEdmHelpers.CheckRelatedTo(previousLevelEntityType, currentLevelEntityType);
pathToReturn.Add(new TypeSegment(currentLevelEntityType, /*entitySet*/ null));
index++;
currentToken = currentToken.NextToken;
if (index >= maxDepth)
{
throw new ODataException(ODataErrorStrings.ExpandItemBinder_PathTooDeep);
}
}
firstNonTypeToken = currentToken;
return(pathToReturn);
}