/// <summary>
/// Gets MetadataItem object for URI relative path under the specified EntityContainer instance
/// </summary>
/// <param name="container">The EntityContainer instance</param>
/// <param name="pathSegment">The URI relative path</param>
/// <param name="uriType">Output parameter of UriType value</param>
/// <returns>The MetadataItem instance if one is found; null otherwise</returns>
private static MetadataItem GetTargetType(EntityContainer container, IEnumerable <string> pathSegment, ref UriType uriType)
{
ODataUriItem curr = new ODataUriItem(container, UriType.URI_Container);
foreach (var segment in pathSegment)
{
// to normalize first segment
string segmentKey;
string segmentCore = ResourcePathHelper.ParseSegment(segment, out segmentKey);
ODataUriItem subItem = curr.GetItem(segmentCore);
if (subItem == null)
{
uriType = UriType.URIUNKNOWN;
return(null);
}
if (subItem.uriType == UriType.URI1 && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(segmentKey))
{
subItem = new ODataUriItem(((EntitySet)subItem.Item).ElementType, UriType.URI2);
}
curr = subItem;
}
uriType = curr.uriType;
return(curr.Item);
}
