/// <summary>
/// Checks an entity to see if it satisfies a class constraint
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TClass">Type of class to check.</typeparam>
/// <param name="expected">Expected object to use</param>
/// <param name="candidate">Candidate object to use</param>
/// <param name="objectName">Name to use, displayed in error messages to disambiguate</param>
/// <returns>true if the instance pass, otherwise false.</returns>
protected static bool CheckClass <TClass>(object expected, object candidate, string objectName)
where TClass : class
{
if (expected is TClass)
{
CheckerFactory.Check(expected as TClass, candidate as TClass, objectName);
return(true);
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Check the parent class of an entity
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TClass">Type to cast the objects to.</typeparam>
/// <param name="expected">Expected object to use</param>
/// <param name="candidate">Candidate object to use</param>
/// <param name="objectName">Name to use, displayed in error messages to disambiguate</param>
protected static void CheckParentClass <TClass>(object expected, object candidate, string objectName)
where TClass : class
{
CheckerFactory.CheckParent(expected as TClass, candidate as TClass, objectName);
}
/// <summary>
/// Verify that the contents of two lists of <see typeparamref="T" /> are the same
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="expectedList"></param>
/// <param name="candidateList"></param>
/// <param name="objectName"></param>
protected void Check <T>(IEnumerable <T> expectedList, IEnumerable <T> candidateList, string objectName)
{
CheckerFactory.Check(expectedList, candidateList, objectName);
}
/// <summary>
/// Verify that the state of a couple of objects is the same
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TEntity"></typeparam>
/// <param name="expected"></param>
/// <param name="candidate"></param>
/// <param name="objectName"></param>
protected void Check <TEntity>(TEntity expected, TEntity candidate, string objectName)
{
CheckerFactory.Check(expected, candidate, objectName);
}