public static object ToDataShapeObject(this ClientDTO client, List <string> lstOfFields)
{
List <string> lstOfFieldsToWorkWith = new List <string>(lstOfFields);
if (!lstOfFieldsToWorkWith.Any())
{
return(client);
}
else
{
var lstOfAddressFields = lstOfFieldsToWorkWith.Where(f => f.Contains("addresses.")).ToList();
bool returnPartialAddress = lstOfAddressFields.Any() && !lstOfAddressFields.Contains("addresses.");
if (returnPartialAddress)
{
lstOfFieldsToWorkWith.RemoveAll(f => f.Contains("addresses."));
lstOfAddressFields = lstOfAddressFields.Select(f => f.Substring(f.IndexOf(".") + 1)).ToList();
}
else
{
//lstOfAddressFields.Remove("addresses");
lstOfFieldsToWorkWith.RemoveAll(f => f.Contains("addresses."));
}
ExpandoObject objectToReturn = new ExpandoObject();
foreach (var field in lstOfFieldsToWorkWith)
{
var fieldValue = client.GetType()
.GetProperty(field, BindingFlags.IgnoreCase | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)
.GetValue(client, null);
((IDictionary <string, object>)objectToReturn).Add(field, fieldValue);
}
if (returnPartialAddress)
{
List <object> addresses = new List <object>();
foreach (var address in client.Addresses)
{
addresses.Add(address.ToDataShapeObject(lstOfAddressFields));
}
((IDictionary <string, object>)objectToReturn).Add("addresses", addresses);
}
return(objectToReturn);
}
}
