/// <summary>
/// Determines if the class is a supported attribute type.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// If not it throws
/// an <see cref="ArgumentException" />.
/// <list type="bullet">
/// <item>
/// <description>string
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>long
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>long?
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>char
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>char?
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>double
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>double?
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>float
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>float?
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>int
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>int?
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>bool
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>bool?
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>byte
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>byte?
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>byte[]
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>BigDecimal
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>BigInteger
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// <item>
/// <description>IDictionary
/// </description>
/// </item>
/// </list>
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="type">type to check against the support list of types.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">iff the type is not on the supported list.</exception>
public static void CheckAttributeType(Type type)
{
if (!FrameworkUtil.IsSupportedAttributeType(type))
{
String MSG = "Attribute type ''" + type + "'' is not supported.";
throw new ArgumentException(MSG);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines if the class is a supported type for an OperationOption.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// If not it throws
/// an <see cref="ArgumentException" />.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="clazz">type to check against the support list of types.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">iff the type is not on the supported list.</exception>
public static void CheckOperationOptionType(Type clazz)
{
//the set of supported operation option types
//is the same as that for configuration beans plus Name,
//ObjectClass, Uid, and QualifiedUid
if (clazz.IsArray)
{
CheckOperationOptionType(clazz.GetElementType());
return;
}
if (FrameworkUtil.IsSupportedConfigurationType(clazz))
{
return; //ok
}
if (typeof(ObjectClass).IsAssignableFrom(clazz))
{
return; //ok
}
if (typeof(Uid).IsAssignableFrom(clazz))
{
return; //ok
}
if (typeof(QualifiedUid).IsAssignableFrom(clazz))
{
return; //ok
}
if (typeof(SortKey).IsAssignableFrom(clazz))
{
return; //ok
}
String MSG = "ConfigurationOption type '+" + clazz.Name + "+' is not supported.";
throw new ArgumentException(MSG);
}