internal static ItemStorageConfig CreateStorageConfig(Type type)
        {
            if (type == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("type");
            }

            ItemStorageConfig config = new ItemStorageConfig();

            DynamoDBTableAttribute tableAttribute = EntityUtils.GetTableAttribute(type);

            if (tableAttribute == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(tableAttribute.TableName))
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("No DynamoDBTableAttribute on type");
            }

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(tableAttribute.TableName))
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("DynamoDBTableAttribute.Table is empty or null");
            }
            config.TableName = tableAttribute.TableName;
            config.LowerCamelCaseProperties = tableAttribute.LowerCamelCaseProperties;

            foreach (var member in type.GetMembers())
            {
                // filter out non-fields and non-properties
                if (!(member is FieldInfo || member is PropertyInfo))
                {
                    continue;
                }

                // filter out properties that aren't both read and write
                if (!EntityUtils.IsReadWrite(member))
                {
                    continue;
                }

                DynamoDBAttribute attribute = EntityUtils.GetAttribute(member);

                // filter out ignored properties
                if (attribute is DynamoDBIgnoreAttribute)
                {
                    continue;
                }

                Type   memberType    = EntityUtils.GetType(member);
                string attributeName = GetAccurateCase(config, member.Name);
                string propertyName  = member.Name;

                PropertyStorage propertyStorage = new PropertyStorage
                {
                    Member     = member,
                    MemberType = memberType,
                };

                if (attribute is DynamoDBVersionAttribute)
                {
                    EntityUtils.ValidateVersionType(memberType);    // no conversion is possible, so type must be a nullable primitive

                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.VersionPropertyName))
                    {
                        throw new InvalidOperationException("Multiple version attributes defined");
                    }

                    config.VersionPropertyName = propertyName;
                    propertyStorage.IsVersion  = true;
                }

                DynamoDBPropertyAttribute propertyAttribute = attribute as DynamoDBPropertyAttribute;
                if (propertyAttribute != null)
                {
                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(propertyAttribute.AttributeName))
                    {
                        attributeName = GetAccurateCase(config, propertyAttribute.AttributeName);
                    }

                    if (propertyAttribute is DynamoDBHashKeyAttribute)
                    {
                        if (propertyAttribute.Converter == null && !EntityUtils.IsPrimitive(memberType))
                        {
                            throw new InvalidOperationException("Hash key " + propertyName + " must be of primitive type");
                        }
                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.HashKeyPropertyName))
                        {
                            throw new InvalidOperationException("Multiple hash keys defined");
                        }

                        config.HashKeyPropertyName = propertyName;
                        propertyStorage.IsHashKey  = true;
                    }
                    if (propertyAttribute is DynamoDBRangeKeyAttribute)
                    {
                        if (propertyAttribute.Converter == null && !EntityUtils.IsPrimitive(memberType))
                        {
                            throw new InvalidOperationException("Range key " + propertyName + " must be of primitive type");
                        }
                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.RangeKeyPropertyName))
                        {
                            throw new InvalidOperationException("Multiple range keys defined");
                        }

                        config.RangeKeyPropertyName = propertyName;
                        propertyStorage.IsRangeKey  = true;
                    }


                    if (propertyAttribute.Converter != null)
                    {
                        if (!EntityUtils.CanInstantiate(propertyAttribute.Converter) || !EntityUtils.ImplementsInterface(propertyAttribute.Converter, typeof(IPropertyConverter)))
                        {
                            throw new InvalidOperationException("Converter for " + propertyName + " must be instantiable with no parameters and must implement IPropertyConverter");
                        }

                        propertyStorage.Converter = EntityUtils.Instantiate(propertyAttribute.Converter) as IPropertyConverter;
                    }
                }

                propertyStorage.PropertyName  = propertyName;
                propertyStorage.AttributeName = attributeName;

                config.AttributesToGet.Add(attributeName);
                config.AddPropertyStorage(propertyStorage);
            }

            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.HashKeyPropertyName))
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("No hash key configured on type");
            }

            return(config);
        }
 private static string GetAccurateCase(ItemStorageConfig config, string value)
 {
     return(config.LowerCamelCaseProperties ? EntityUtils.ToLowerCamelCase(value) : value);
 }