public void TestSerialisingInterfaceTypes()
{
// tests control of the serialisation type
// - interface types
using (Reference <ILogger> loggerRef = Reference <ILogger> .Create(new TraceLogger(true)))
{
using (CoreServer server = new CoreServer(loggerRef, "UTT", NodeType.Router))
{
// start server
server.Start();
using (ICoreClient client = new CoreClientFactory(loggerRef).SetEnv("UTT").Create())
{
AssetMeasureValue codeValueInstance = new AssetMeasureValue()
{
Code = "Test",
Description = "This is a test",
Source = "UnitTest"
};
IFpMLCodeValue codeValueInterface = codeValueInstance;
// save reference item
client.SaveObject(codeValueInstance, "Test0", null, TimeSpan.MaxValue);
ICoreItem itemA = client.LoadItem("Test0");
Assert.AreEqual(typeof(AssetMeasureValue).FullName, itemA.DataTypeName);
// test interface and instance both serialise identically
{
client.SaveUntypedObject(codeValueInterface, "Test1", null);
ICoreItem itemB = client.LoadItem("Test1");
Assert.AreEqual(typeof(AssetMeasureValue).FullName, itemB.DataTypeName);
Assert.AreEqual(itemA.Text, itemB.Text);
}
{
client.SaveObject((AssetMeasureValue)codeValueInterface, "Test2", null, TimeSpan.MaxValue);
ICoreItem itemB = client.LoadItem("Test2");
Assert.AreEqual(typeof(AssetMeasureValue).FullName, itemB.DataTypeName);
Assert.AreEqual(itemA.Text, itemB.Text);
}
{
// this should fail because interfaces cant be serialised
UnitTestHelper.AssertThrows <ArgumentException>("Cannot be an interface type!\r\nParameter name: dataType", () =>
{
client.SaveObject(codeValueInterface, "Test3", null, TimeSpan.MaxValue);
});
}
{
// note: this silently binds to SaveObject<IFpMLCodeValue>(...) which should fail
UnitTestHelper.AssertThrows <ArgumentException>("Cannot be an interface type!\r\nParameter name: dataType", () =>
{
client.SaveObject(codeValueInterface, "Test4", null, TimeSpan.MaxValue);
});
}
}
// shutdown
server.Stop();
}
}
}
