public static void SetData(ScriptResult result, object item, string key)
{
//item can be:
// 1) a single normal object
// 2) a collection of normal objects
// 3) a single IDictionary object that contains key value pairs that are like property name/values
// 4) a collection of IDictionary objects like #3
if (!(item is IEnumerable list))
{
list = new object[] { item }
}
; //item is #1, a single object so make a collection
//list is now #2, #3, or #4
if (list is IDictionary itemDictionary)
{
list = new IDictionary[] { itemDictionary }
}
; //list is #3, a single IDictionary object so make a collection
//list is now #2 or #4
if (!result.DataSet.ContainsKey(key))
{
result.DataSet.Add(key, new ScriptData());
}
ScriptData data = result.DataSet[key];
foreach (object i in list)
{
//list is a collection of objects that are either a normal object with properites or a
//dictionary with key value pairs (key is the property name, value is the propety value)
//in either case we want each item in list to be a dictionary with string keys and object values
IDictionary <object, object> dict = new Dictionary <object, object>();
itemDictionary = i as IDictionary;
if (itemDictionary == null)
{
//i is a normal object, not a dictionary
PropertyInfo[] pinfos = i.GetType().GetProperties();
foreach (PropertyInfo p in pinfos)
{
string name = p.Name;
object val = p.GetValue(i, null);
dict.Add(name, val);
}
}
else
{
//i is a dictionary object
foreach (var k in itemDictionary.Keys)
{
string name = k.ToString();
object val = itemDictionary[k];
dict.Add(name, val);
}
}
data.AddItem(dict);
}
}