/// <summary>
/// Tries to map values from the row to the object using reflection.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="rowObj">The new object.</param>
/// <param name="row">The row.</param>
/// <param name="validator">The validator.</param>
/// <param name="errors">The errors.</param>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">
/// rowObj
/// or
/// row
/// or
/// validator
/// or
/// errors
/// </exception>
public static void TryMapValues <T>(T rowObj, dynamic row, IObjectValidator validator, ref List <string> errors)
{
if (rowObj == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("rowObj");
}
if (row == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("row");
}
if (validator == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("validator");
}
if (errors == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("errors");
}
CustomExpandoObject expando = row as CustomExpandoObject;
if (expando == null)
{
expando = new CustomExpandoObject(row, true);
}
var getRowValueMethod = validator.GetType().GetMethods().First(x => x.Name == "GetRowValue" && x.GetParameters().Count() >= 5 && x.GetParameters().First().ParameterType == typeof(string));
PropertyInfo[] properties = typeof(T).GetProperties();
foreach (var prop in properties)
{
if (expando.ContainsKey(prop.Name)) //there may be properties that were not imported
{
string val = Convert.ToString(expando[prop.Name]);
Type nonNullableType = FileIOHelpers.GetNonNullableType(prop.PropertyType);
if (nonNullableType.IsValueType)
{
bool isNullable = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(prop.PropertyType) != null;
//convert the Helpers.GetValue method into a generic method of the same type as the property
var genericGetvalueMethod = getRowValueMethod.MakeGenericMethod(new Type[] { nonNullableType });
var value = genericGetvalueMethod.Invoke(validator, new object[] { val, errors, null, isNullable, prop.Name });
prop.SetValue(rowObj, value, null); //this should use the setrowvalue that outputs conversion errors
}
else
{
prop.SetValue(rowObj, Convert.ChangeType(val, prop.PropertyType), null);
}
}
}
}