internal static ICollectionBase ConvertJsonToCollection(string jsonCollection)
{
string collectionTypeName = null;
try
{
dynamic collection = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonCollection);
// This is not working as expected when it has child members
//ICollectionBase collection = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<HomeCollection>(jsonCollection);
string collectionName = collection.CollectionName;
collectionTypeName = collection.CollectionType;
Type collectionType = CollectableBaseFactory.GetTypeFromFullName(collectionTypeName);
ICollectionBase newCollection = new HomeCollection(collectionName, collectionType);
var collectables = collection.Collectables;
foreach (var c in collectables)
{
string jsonCollectable = c.ToString();
// add custom try/catch??
ICollectableBase collectable = GetCollectableFromJson(jsonCollectable, collectionType);
newCollection.AddToCollection(collectable);
}
return(newCollection);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new CollectionParseException($"Unable to parse Json into a collection object. Type={collectionTypeName}, Json={jsonCollection}", ex);
}
}
public void gettypefromfullname_blank_name_throws_exception()
{
string invalidName = "";
Type collectionType = CollectableBaseFactory.GetTypeFromFullName(invalidName);
Assert.Fail("Expected GetTypeFromFullName to fail when unable to parse type from name");
}
public void gettypefromfullname_returns_collectable_type_successfully()
{
foreach (Type collectableType in CollectableBaseFactory.CollectableTypes)
{
ICollectionBase collection = new HomeCollection("name", collectableType);
string fullName = collection.CollectionType.FullName;
Type collectionType = CollectableBaseFactory.GetTypeFromFullName(fullName);
Assert.AreEqual(collectableType, collectionType);
}
}
