private PropertyDescriptorCollection GetProperties(Column column)
{
using (BindingSource source = new BindingSource())
{
source.DataSource = column.Reference != null ? column.Reference : column.DataType;
// to get properties list of ICustomTypeDescriptor type, we need an instance
object instance = null;
if (source.DataSource is Type &&
typeof(ICustomTypeDescriptor).IsAssignableFrom(source.DataSource as Type))
{
try
{
GetTypeInstanceEventArgs args = new GetTypeInstanceEventArgs(source.DataSource as Type);
Config.ReportSettings.OnGetBusinessObjectTypeInstance(null, args);
instance = args.Instance;
source.DataSource = instance;
}
catch
{
}
}
// generic list? get element type
if (column.Reference == null && column.DataType.IsGenericType)
{
source.DataSource = column.DataType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
}
PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = source.GetItemProperties(null);
PropertyDescriptorCollection filteredProperties = new PropertyDescriptorCollection(null);
foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)
{
FilterPropertiesEventArgs args = new FilterPropertiesEventArgs(prop);
Config.ReportSettings.OnFilterBusinessObjectProperties(source.DataSource, args);
if (!args.Skip)
{
filteredProperties.Add(args.Property);
}
}
if (instance is IDisposable)
{
try
{
(instance as IDisposable).Dispose();
}
catch
{
}
}
return(filteredProperties);
}
}
private PropertyDescriptorCollection GetProperties(Column column)
{
using (BindingSource source = new BindingSource())
{
source.DataSource = column.Reference != null ? column.Reference : column.DataType;
PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = source.GetItemProperties(null);
PropertyDescriptorCollection filteredProperties = new PropertyDescriptorCollection(null);
foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)
{
FilterPropertiesEventArgs args = new FilterPropertiesEventArgs(prop);
Config.ReportSettings.OnFilterBusinessObjectProperties(source.DataSource, args);
if (!args.Skip)
{
filteredProperties.Add(args.Property);
}
}
return(filteredProperties);
}
}
