/// <summary>
/// Gets the ModelClass attribute for a generated entity model class.
/// </summary>
private static ModelClassAttribute GetModelClassAttribute(Type type)
{
ModelClassAttribute result = null;
object[] attributes = type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ModelClassAttribute), false);
if (attributes.Length > 0)
{
result = (ModelClassAttribute)attributes[0];
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the ID of the type represented by a C# class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public long GetTypeId(Type type)
{
long id;
if (!_strongTypeIdCache.TryGetValue(type, out id))
{
id = -1;
if (type != typeof(Entity))
{
ModelClassAttribute modelClass = GetModelClassAttribute(type);
if (modelClass != null)
{
id = EntityIdentificationCache.GetId(modelClass.TypeAlias);
}
}
_strongTypeIdCache[type] = id;
}
return(id);
}