/// <summary>
/// Combines the property into a list
/// new(\"First\" as field__First, \"Last\" as field__Last) ==> Dictionary[string, string]
/// </summary>
/// <param name="self">The self.</param>
/// <param name="propertyName">Name of the property.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IEnumerable<DataItem> GetDataItems(this DynamicClass self, string propertyName)
{
var propertyType = self.GetType();
var propertyInfo = propertyType.GetProperty(propertyName);
if (propertyInfo == null)
{
return new List<DataItem>();
}
var property = propertyInfo.GetValue(self, null);
var props = property.GetType().GetProperties().Where(p => p.Name.Contains("__"));
return props
// Split on __ to get the prefix and the field
.Select(prop => new { PropertyInfo = prop, Data = prop.Name.Split(new[] { "__" }, StringSplitOptions.None) })
// Return the Fieldname, Prefix and the the value ('First' , 'field' , 'First')
.Select(x => new DataItem { Fieldname = x.Data.Last(), Prefix = x.Data.First(), Value = x.PropertyInfo.GetValue(property, null) })
;
}