public object CreateDataShapedObject(Expense expense, List<string> lstOfFields)
{
if (!lstOfFields.Any())
{
return expense;
}
// create a new ExpandoObject & dynamically create the properties for this object
var objectToReturn = new ExpandoObject();
foreach (string field in lstOfFields)
{
// need to include public and instance, b/c specifying a binding flag overwrites the
// already-existing binding flags.
object fieldValue = expense.GetType()
.GetProperty(field, BindingFlags.IgnoreCase | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)
.GetValue(expense, null);
// add the field to the ExpandoObject
((IDictionary<string, object>) objectToReturn).Add(field, fieldValue);
}
return objectToReturn;
}
