/// <summary>
/// Creates a field that will contain a value of a specific type
/// <para xml:lang="es">
/// Crea un campo que contendra un valor de un tipo especifico.
/// </para>
/// </summary>
public static FormField CreateFieldFrom(Type type)
{
//validate arguments
if (type == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("type");
//field
FormField field;
//Enum
if (type.GetTypeInfo().IsEnum)
{
field = new EnumField(type);
}
//Type, ignore this since we can't know if type means Person (as in a serializable object) or typeof(Person) as a type which child types you would choose from
//else if (type.Equals(typeof(Type)))
//{
// field = new TypeField();
//}
//Bool
else if (type.Equals(typeof(bool)))
{
field = new BoolField();
}
//DateTime
else if (type.Equals(typeof(DateTime)))
{
field = new DateTimeField();
}
//Numeric
else if (type.IsNumeric())
{
if (type.IsIntegral())
{
field = new IntegerField();
}
else
{
field = new DecimalField();
}
}
//String serializable
else if (type.GetTypeInfo().ImplementedInterfaces.Contains(typeof(Data.IStringSerializable)))
{
field = new StringSerializableField(type);
}
//XML
else if (type.GetTypeInfo().ImplementedInterfaces.Contains(typeof(System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable)))
{
field = new XmlSerializableField(type);
}
//String
else if (type.Equals(typeof(string)))
{
field = new StringField();
}
//byte[]
else if (type.Equals(typeof(byte[])))
{
field = new BinaryField();
}
//otherwise just create a textbox
else
{
field = new StringField();
}
//return
return field;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a field that will contain a value of a specific type
/// <para xml:lang="es">
/// Crea un campo que contendra un valor de un tipo especifico.
/// </para>
/// </summary>
public static FormField CreateFieldFrom(Type type)
{
//validate arguments
if (type == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("type");
}
//field
FormField field;
//Enum
if (type.GetTypeInfo().IsEnum)
{
field = new EnumField(type);
}
//Type, ignore this since we can't know if type means Person (as in a serializable object) or typeof(Person) as a type which child types you would choose from
//else if (type.Equals(typeof(Type)))
//{
// field = new TypeField();
//}
//Bool
else if (type.Equals(typeof(bool)))
{
field = new BoolField();
}
//DateTime
else if (type.Equals(typeof(DateTime)))
{
field = new DateTimeField();
}
//Numeric
else if (type.IsNumeric())
{
if (type.IsIntegral())
{
field = new IntegerField();
}
else
{
field = new DecimalField();
}
}
//String serializable
else if (type.GetTypeInfo().ImplementedInterfaces.Contains(typeof(Data.IStringSerializable)))
{
field = new StringSerializableField(type);
}
//XML
else if (type.GetTypeInfo().ImplementedInterfaces.Contains(typeof(System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable)))
{
field = new XmlSerializableField(type);
}
//String
else if (type.Equals(typeof(string)))
{
field = new StringField();
}
//byte[]
else if (type.Equals(typeof(byte[])))
{
field = new BinaryField();
}
//otherwise just create a textbox
else
{
field = new StringField();
}
//return
return(field);
}