public static void SetValueFromPath(Type entityType, PathComponent[] pathComponents, object entity, object value, JsonPatchOperationType operationType)
{
try
{
PathComponent[] parent = pathComponents.Take(pathComponents.Length - 1).ToArray();
string parentPath = PathComponent.GetFullPath(parent);
object previous = GetValueFromPath(entityType, parent, entity);
if (previous == null)
{
throw new JsonPatchException(string.Format("Value at parent path \"{0}\" is null.", parentPath));
}
var target = pathComponents.Last();
TypeSwitch.On(target)
.Case((PropertyPathComponent component) =>
{
switch (operationType)
{
case JsonPatchOperationType.add:
case JsonPatchOperationType.replace:
component.PropertyInfo.SetValue(previous, ConvertValue(value, component.ComponentType));
break;
case JsonPatchOperationType.remove:
component.PropertyInfo.SetValue(previous, null);
break;
default:
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("operationType");
}
})
.Case((CollectionIndexPathComponent component) =>
{
var list = previous as IList;
if (list == null)
{
throw new JsonPatchException(string.Format("Value at parent path \"{0}\" is not a valid collection.", parentPath));
}
switch (operationType)
{
case JsonPatchOperationType.add:
list.Insert(component.CollectionIndex, ConvertValue(value, component.ComponentType));
break;
case JsonPatchOperationType.remove:
list.RemoveAt(component.CollectionIndex);
break;
case JsonPatchOperationType.replace:
list[component.CollectionIndex] = ConvertValue(value, component.ComponentType);
break;
default:
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("operationType");
}
});
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new JsonPatchException(string.Format(
"Failed to set value at path \"{0}\" while performing \"{1}\" operation: {2}",
PathComponent.GetFullPath(pathComponents), operationType, e.Message), e);
}
}
public static object GetValueFromPath(Type entityType, PathComponent[] pathComponents, object entity)
{
try
{
if (entity == null)
{
throw new JsonPatchException("The root object is null.");
}
object previous = entity;
for (int i = 0; i < pathComponents.Length; i++)
{
string parentPath = PathComponent.GetFullPath(pathComponents.Take(i));
var pathComponent = pathComponents[i];
TypeSwitch.On(pathComponent)
.Case((PropertyPathComponent component) =>
{
if (previous == null)
{
throw new JsonPatchException(string.Format(
"Cannot get property \"{0}\" from null object at path \"{1}\".",
component.Name, parentPath));
}
previous = component.PropertyInfo.GetValue(previous);
})
.Case((CollectionIndexPathComponent component) =>
{
try
{
var list = (IList) previous;
previous = list[component.CollectionIndex];
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new JsonPatchException(string.Format(
"Cannot access index {0} from collection at path \"{1}\".",
component.CollectionIndex, parentPath), e);
}
});
}
return previous;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new JsonPatchException(string.Format(
"Failed to get value from path \"{0}\": {1}",
PathComponent.GetFullPath(pathComponents), e.Message), e);
}
}