public string MessageCompare()
{
Dictionary <string, Dictionary <string, dynamic> > description = new Dictionary <string, Dictionary <string, dynamic> >();
BaseMessage bundle = TestMessage.GetMessage();
DeathRecord record = ReferenceRecord.GetRecord();
BaseMessage referenceBundle = new Message(ReferenceRecord, bundle.MessageType).GetMessage();
// On the frontend this shares the same view as the RecordCompare below. This heading
// is shown above the results in the app.
string heading = "Message Validation Results";
description.Add(heading, new Dictionary <string, dynamic>());
Dictionary <string, dynamic> category = description[heading];
foreach (PropertyInfo property in bundle.GetType().GetProperties())
{
Total += 1;
// Add the new property to the category
category[property.Name] = new Dictionary <string, dynamic>();
category[property.Name]["Name"] = property.Name;
category[property.Name]["Type"] = (Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(property.PropertyType) ?? property.PropertyType).Name;
category[property.Name]["Description"] = Message.GetDescriptionFor(property.Name);
category[property.Name]["Value"] = property.GetValue(referenceBundle);
category[property.Name]["FoundValue"] = property.GetValue(bundle);
// The record should be valid since we check its validity elsewhere.
// Here we just check to make sure the record is properly embedded
// into the message bundle.
if (property.PropertyType == typeof(DeathRecord))
{
// Do not count DeathRecord base as part of the Total (since the Total is increased per-element in RecordCompare)
Total -= 1;
DeathRecord extracted = (DeathRecord)property.GetValue(bundle);
TestRecord = new Record(extracted);
int previousIncorrect = Incorrect;
category[property.Name]["SnippetJSON"] = RecordCompare();
// See if the value of Incorrect changed in 'RecordCompare' and use that to determine if the
// Record matches or not.
category[property.Name]["Match"] = previousIncorrect.Equals(Incorrect) ? "true" : "false";
}
else if (Message.validatePresenceOnly(property.Name))
{
// Basic message validation ensures that these fields are present if they are required
// These values do not have to match our reference record and are just therefore
// set to valid here.
Correct += 1;
category[property.Name]["Match"] = "true";
// Override the displayed value to be equal to what the user provided on the UI
category[property.Name]["Value"] = category[property.Name]["FoundValue"];
}
else
{
// Using == here seems to be checking ReferenceEquals and not Equals, causing the equality to return false.
// Calling Prop1.Equals(Prop2) here raises an error if the value is null in the ReferenceBundle.
// The best option here is to just use the object.Equals operator.
if (Equals(property.GetValue(referenceBundle), property.GetValue(bundle)))
{
Correct += 1;
category[property.Name]["Match"] = "true";
}
else
{
Incorrect += 1;
category[property.Name]["Match"] = "false";
}
}
}
return(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(description));
}