/// <summary>
/// Constructor.
/// </summary>
internal EntityViewPropertyCollection(EntityViewCollection entityView)
{
if (entityView == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("entityView");
}
_entityView = entityView;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the entity collection as a data table.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public DataTable ToDataTable()
{
// get a view that just contains fields (i.e. don't include parent link entities)...
if (EntityType == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("EntityType is null.");
}
EntityViewCollection view = this.GetView(this.EntityType.Fields);
// create a transformer...
DataTableTransformer transformer = new DataTableTransformer();
// transform...
return(transformer.Transform(view));
}