private static object ConstructNewType(Type type)
{
var constructors = type.GetConstructors();
var constructorWithMostParameters = constructors.FirstOrDefault(x => x.GetParameters().Count() == constructors.Min(y => y.GetParameters().Count()));
if (constructorWithMostParameters == null)
{
throw new Exception($"Could not find constructor to construct type {type.Name}");
}
var constructorParameters = constructorWithMostParameters.GetParameters();
var parameters = new object[constructorParameters.Count()];
for (int i = 0; i < parameters.Count(); i++)
{
parameters[i] = ObjectGeneratorExtensions.GetRandomValue(constructorParameters[i].ParameterType);
}
return(constructorWithMostParameters.Invoke(parameters));
}
public static object Generate(Type type, Func <object> constructor = null, bool useNullOnUnknownType = true, string[] ignoreProperties = null)
{
if (constructor == null)
{
constructor = () => ConstructNewType(type);
}
var obj = constructor.Invoke();
var allProperties = obj.GetType().GetProperties();
if (ignoreProperties != null)
{
allProperties = allProperties.Where(p => !ignoreProperties.Contains(p.Name)).ToArray();
}
foreach (var propertyInfo in allProperties)
{
ObjectGeneratorExtensions.SetValueOnProperty(obj, propertyInfo, useNullOnUnknownType);
}
return(obj);
}