private static dynamic CreateChildElement(XElement parent)
{
if (parent.Attributes().Count() == 0 && parent.Elements().Count() == 0)
return null;
IDictionary<string, object> child = new ExpandoObject();
parent.Attributes().ToList().ForEach(attr =>
{
child.Add(attr.Name.LocalName, attr.Value);
if (!child.ContainsKey("NodeName"))
child.Add("NodeName", attr.Parent.Name.LocalName);
});
parent.Elements().ToList().ForEach(childElement =>
{
var grandChild = CreateChildElement(childElement);
if (grandChild != null)
{
string nodeName = grandChild.NodeName;
if (child.ContainsKey(nodeName) && child[nodeName].GetType() != typeof(List<dynamic>))
{
var firstValue = child[nodeName];
child[nodeName] = new List<dynamic>();
((dynamic)child[nodeName]).Add(firstValue);
((dynamic)child[nodeName]).Add(grandChild);
}
else if (child.ContainsKey(nodeName) && child[nodeName].GetType() == typeof(List<dynamic>))
{
((dynamic)child[nodeName]).Add(grandChild);
}
else
{
child.Add(childElement.Name.LocalName, CreateChildElement(childElement));
if (!child.ContainsKey("NodeName"))
child.Add("NodeName", parent.Name.LocalName);
}
}
else
{
child.Add(childElement.Name.LocalName, childElement.Value);
if (!child.ContainsKey("NodeName"))
child.Add("NodeName", parent.Name.LocalName);
}
});
return child;
}
public static dynamic AnonymousTypeToExpando(object obj)
{
IDictionary<string, object> expando = new ExpandoObject();
if (obj != null)
{
var allProperties = obj.GetType().GetProperties().Select((p) => new { p.Name, Value = p.GetValue(obj, null) });
foreach (var property in allProperties.Where(p => !expando.ContainsKey(p.Name)))
expando.Add(property.Name, property.Value);
}
return expando;
}
