/// <summary>
/// Create an Expando from a dictionary
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dict"></param>
/// <param name="expando">Expando instance</param>
public Expando(IDictionary<string, object> dict)
{
var expando = this;
Initialize(expando);
Properties = new PropertyBag();
foreach (var kvp in dict)
{
var kvpValue = kvp.Value;
if (kvpValue is IDictionary<string, object>)
{
var expandoVal = new Expando(kvpValue);
expando[kvp.Key] = expandoVal;
}
else if (kvp.Value is ICollection)
{
// iterate through the collection and convert any string-object dictionaries
// along the way into expando objects
var objList = new List<object>();
foreach (var item in (ICollection)kvp.Value)
{
var itemVals = item as IDictionary<string, object>;
if (itemVals != null)
{
var expandoItem = new Expando(itemVals);
objList.Add(expandoItem);
}
else
{
objList.Add(item);
}
}
expando[kvp.Key] = objList;
}
else
{
expando[kvp.Key] = kvpValue;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts an <see cref="IDictionary<string, object>"/> into an <see cref="Expando"/>
/// </summary>
/// <returns><see cref="Expando"/></returns>
public static Expando ToIndexableExpando(IDictionary<string, object> dict)
{
var expando = new Expando();
foreach (var kvp in dict)
{
var kvpValue = kvp.Value as IDictionary<string, object>;
if (kvpValue != null)
{
var expandoVal = ToIndexableExpando(kvpValue);
expando[kvp.Key] = expandoVal;
}
else if (kvp.Value is ICollection)
{
// iterate through the collection and convert any string-object dictionaries
// along the way into expando objects
var objList = new List<object>();
foreach (var item in (ICollection)kvp.Value)
{
var itemVals = item as IDictionary<string, object>;
if (itemVals != null)
{
var expandoItem = ToIndexableExpando(itemVals);
objList.Add(expandoItem);
}
else
{
objList.Add(item);
}
}
expando[kvp.Key] = objList;
}
else
{
expando[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
}
}
return expando;
}