/// <summary>
/// Gets the entity collection as a data table.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public DataTable ToDataTable()
{
// get a view that just contains fields (i.e. don't include parent link entities)...
if (EntityType == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("EntityType is null.");
}
EntityViewCollection view = this.GetView(this.EntityType.Fields);
// create a transformer...
DataTableTransformer transformer = new DataTableTransformer();
// transform...
return(transformer.Transform(view));
}
/// <summary>
/// Writes an entire document from data.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>This uses <see cref="DataTableTransformer"></see> to transform data to a table.</remarks>
/// <param name="table"></param>
public void WriteDocument(object data)
{
if (data == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("data");
}
// get...
DataTableTransformer transformer = new DataTableTransformer();
DataTable table = transformer.Transform(data);
if (table == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("table is null.");
}
// output...
this.WriteDocument(table);
}
