/// <summary> /// Build a token for component default value. This will look up the component in the catalog, and if it finds an entry, it will /// build a JSON structure that would be parsed into the default value. /// /// This is an inherently fragile setup in case when the factory is not trivial, but it will work well for 'property bag' factories /// that we are currently using. /// </summary> private static JToken BuildComponentToken(IExceptionContext ectx, IComponentFactory value, ModuleCatalog catalog) { Contracts.AssertValueOrNull(ectx); ectx.AssertValue(value); ectx.AssertValue(catalog); var type = value.GetType(); ModuleCatalog.ComponentInfo componentInfo; if (!catalog.TryFindComponent(type, out componentInfo)) { // The default component is not in the catalog. This is, technically, allowed, but it means that there's no JSON representation // for the default value. We will emit the one the won't parse back. return(new JValue("(custom component)")); } ectx.Assert(componentInfo.ArgumentType == type); // Try to invoke default ctor for the factory to obtain defaults. object defaults; try { defaults = Activator.CreateInstance(type); } catch (MissingMemberException ex) { // There was no default constructor found. // This should never happen, since ModuleCatalog would error out if there is no default ctor. ectx.Assert(false); throw ectx.Except(ex, "Couldn't find default constructor"); } var jResult = new JObject(); var jSettings = new JObject(); jResult[FieldNames.Name] = componentInfo.Name; // Iterate over all fields of the factory object, and compare the values with the defaults. // If the value differs, insert it into the settings object. bool anyValue = false; foreach (var fieldInfo in type.GetFields()) { var attr = fieldInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ArgumentAttribute), false).FirstOrDefault() as ArgumentAttribute; if (attr == null || attr.Visibility == ArgumentAttribute.VisibilityType.CmdLineOnly) { continue; } ectx.Assert(!fieldInfo.IsStatic && !fieldInfo.IsInitOnly && !fieldInfo.IsLiteral); bool needValue = false; object actualValue = fieldInfo.GetValue(value); if (attr.IsRequired) { needValue = true; } else { object defaultValue = fieldInfo.GetValue(defaults); needValue = !Equals(actualValue, defaultValue); } if (!needValue) { continue; } jSettings[attr.Name ?? fieldInfo.Name] = BuildValueToken(ectx, actualValue, fieldInfo.FieldType, catalog); anyValue = true; } if (anyValue) { jResult[FieldNames.Settings] = jSettings; } return(jResult); }