/// <summary>
/// Invokes proxy methods which return a value.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The return type of the method being invoked.</typeparam>
/// <param name="args">The arguments to pass to the method.</param>
/// <returns>The return value of the default proxy method.</returns>
/// <remarks>This method will invoke methods on all of the proxy objects, but will return
/// the result of the invocation on the default object.
/// </remarks>
protected T ProxyInvoke <T>(params object[] args)
{
if (objects.Count == 0)
{
return(default(T));
}
StackTrace trace = new StackTrace();
StackFrame frame = trace.GetFrame(1);
MethodInfo method = frame.GetMethod() as MethodInfo;
ProxyAttributeCollection attributes = GetAttributes(method);
bool first = true;
T result = default(T);
foreach (object invoke in objects)
{
ProxyTypeBindingAttribute binding = attributes.GetTypeBinding(invoke);
MemberInfoAccessor accessor = binding.GetTargetAccessor(typeof(T), args);
if (first)
{
result = (T)accessor.Get(invoke, args);
first = false;
}
else
{
accessor.Get(invoke, args);
}
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the accessor object that can be used to invoke the method, field, or property on the type of object with the
/// given return value and arguments.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="returnType">The return type of the method, field, or property.</param>
/// <param name="arguments">The arguments passed to the method, field, or property.</param>
/// <returns>An object which can be used to invoke the member that matches the given name, return type,
/// and arguments.
/// </returns>
public MemberInfoAccessor GetTargetAccessor(Type returnType, object[] arguments)
{
// get an array of members
MemberInfo[] members = Type.GetMember(TargetName, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
// look for the member that will fit the caller
foreach (MemberInfo member in members)
{
if (member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Property)
{
PropertyInfo propertyInfo = member as PropertyInfo;
MethodInfo propertyGetMethod = propertyInfo.GetGetMethod(true);
if (MemberInfoAccessor.VerifyMatch(propertyGetMethod, returnType, arguments))
{
return(MemberInfoAccessor.BindMember(propertyGetMethod));
}
MethodInfo propertySetMethod = propertyInfo.GetSetMethod(true);
if (MemberInfoAccessor.VerifyMatch(propertySetMethod, returnType, arguments))
{
return(MemberInfoAccessor.BindMember(propertySetMethod));
}
}
else if (member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Field)
{
FieldInfo fieldInfo = member as FieldInfo;
if ((returnType == fieldInfo.FieldType && arguments.Length == 0))
{
return(MemberInfoAccessor.BindMember(fieldInfo));
}
if (returnType == typeof(void) && arguments.Length == 1 && arguments[0].GetType().IsAssignableFrom(fieldInfo.FieldType))
{
return(MemberInfoAccessor.BindMember(fieldInfo));
}
}
else if (member.MemberType == MemberTypes.Method)
{
MethodInfo methodInfo = member as MethodInfo;
if (MemberInfoAccessor.VerifyMatch(methodInfo, returnType, arguments))
{
return(MemberInfoAccessor.BindMember(methodInfo));
}
}
}
throw new MissingProxyTargetException();
}
/// <summary>
/// Performs the get operation on the first object in the list of proxy objects (the default object).
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type to cast the return value as.</typeparam>
/// <param name="args">The indices to pass to the get method.</param>
/// <returns>The result of executing a get operation on the default proxy object, or the default value of T
/// if there are no proxy objects.
/// </returns>
public T ProxyGet <T>(params object[] args)
{
if (objects.Count == 0)
{
return(default(T));
}
StackTrace trace = new StackTrace();
StackFrame frame = trace.GetFrame(1);
MethodInfo method = frame.GetMethod() as MethodInfo;
ProxyAttributeCollection attributes = GetAttributes(method);
ProxyTypeBindingAttribute binding = attributes.GetTypeBinding(objects[0]);
MemberInfoAccessor accessor = binding.GetTargetAccessor(typeof(T), args);
return((T)accessor.Get(objects[0], args));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the attribute that should be used for a given object instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="instance">The object instance that is going to be invoked by
/// this method stub.</param>
/// <returns>The attributes governing the invocation of methods on the instance object.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// This method returns the best match attribute for the instance object. For example, if the object
/// instance is of type TextBox, and the list of bindings contains entries for the TextBoxBase and the
/// Control classes, then the attributes for the TextBoxBase would be used for this object, since
/// TextBoxBase is closer to TextBox in the inheritance hierarchy than Control.
/// </remarks>
public ProxyTypeBindingAttribute GetTypeBinding(object instance)
{
// get the instance of the type to get the attributes for
Type instanceType = instance.GetType();
// if the type is already here, return it
if (typeBindings.ContainsKey(instanceType))
{
return(typeBindings[instanceType]);
}
// look for the correct type, which is the type in the list that is closest to the instance type in the inheritance hierarcy
Type correctType = null;
foreach (Type type in typeBindings.Keys)
{
if (type.IsAssignableFrom(instanceType) && (correctType == null || correctType.IsAssignableFrom(type)))
{
correctType = type;
}
}
// if no types are in the inheritance hierarchy, use the instance type
if (correctType == null)
{
correctType = instanceType;
}
// if the type isn't in the list, assume that the method/property/field has the same name
if (!typeBindings.ContainsKey(correctType))
{
if (MemberInfoAccessor.IsGetMethod(Method) || MemberInfoAccessor.IsSetMethod(Method))
{
typeBindings.Add(correctType, new ProxyTypeBindingAttribute(correctType, MemberInfoAccessor.GetProperty(Method).Name));
}
else
{
typeBindings.Add(correctType, new ProxyTypeBindingAttribute(correctType, Method.Name));
}
}
return(typeBindings[correctType]);
}
/// <summary>
/// Invokes proxy methods which do not return a value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The arguments to pass to the method.</param>
protected void ProxyInvoke(params object[] args)
{
if (objects.Count == 0)
{
return;
}
StackTrace trace = new StackTrace();
StackFrame frame = trace.GetFrame(1);
MethodInfo method = frame.GetMethod() as MethodInfo;
ProxyAttributeCollection attributes = GetAttributes(method);
foreach (object invoke in objects)
{
ProxyTypeBindingAttribute binding = attributes.GetTypeBinding(invoke);
MemberInfoAccessor accessor = binding.GetTargetAccessor(typeof(void), args);
accessor.Get(invoke, args);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Performs the set operation on all proxy objects.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value to set on the proxy objects.</param>
/// <param name="args">The indices of the set operation.</param>
protected void ProxySet(object value, params object[] args)
{
if (objects.Count == 0)
{
return;
}
StackTrace trace = new StackTrace();
StackFrame frame = trace.GetFrame(1);
MethodInfo method = frame.GetMethod() as MethodInfo;
ProxyAttributeCollection attributes = GetAttributes(method);
foreach (object invoke in objects)
{
ProxyTypeBindingAttribute binding = attributes.GetTypeBinding(invoke);
object[] argsWithValue = new object[args.Length + 1];
argsWithValue[0] = value;
Array.Copy(args, 0, argsWithValue, 1, args.Length);
MemberInfoAccessor accessor = binding.GetTargetAccessor(typeof(void), argsWithValue);
accessor.Set(invoke, value, args);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Performs reflection on a method in order to determine which methods on proxy objects
/// the method stub is bound to.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="method">The method to reflect over.</param>
/// <returns>The collection of attributes about the method.</returns>
private ProxyAttributeCollection ReflectMethod(MethodInfo method)
{
ProxyAttributeCollection collection = new ProxyAttributeCollection(method);
// get the information that is applied directly to the method
object[] typeBindings = method.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ProxyTypeBindingAttribute), true);
foreach (ProxyTypeBindingAttribute attribute in typeBindings)
{
collection.AddTypeBinding(attribute);
}
// if the method is a get or set method on a property, also get the attributes applied to the property
if (MemberInfoAccessor.IsGetMethod(method) || MemberInfoAccessor.IsSetMethod(method))
{
PropertyInfo propertyInfo = MemberInfoAccessor.GetProperty(method);
object[] moreBindings = propertyInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ProxyTypeBindingAttribute), true);
foreach (ProxyTypeBindingAttribute attribute in moreBindings)
{
collection.AddTypeBinding(attribute);
}
}
return(collection);
}