/// <summary>
/// Instances the entity from its definition stored in custom attribute
/// </summary>
/// <param name="attribute"></param>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Thrown if one of the params is null</exception>
internal static Verb FromAttribute(VerbDefinitionAttribute attribute)
{
if (attribute == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(attribute));
}
var opt = new Verb(attribute.Name, attribute.HelpText);
return(opt);
}
internal static Dictionary <PropertyInfo, VerbDefinitionAttribute> ExtractPropertiesMarkedWithVerbAttribute(Type targetType)
{
var dictionary = new Dictionary <PropertyInfo, VerbDefinitionAttribute>();
var properties = targetType.GetProperties().ToList();
properties = properties.Where(x =>
{
// get attributes put on class definition
VerbDefinitionAttribute classAttribute = x.PropertyType.GetCustomAttribute <VerbDefinitionAttribute>();
if (classAttribute == null)
{
return(false);
}
return(true);
}).ToList();
properties.ForEach(p =>
{
VerbDefinitionAttribute attribute = p.PropertyType.GetCustomAttribute <VerbDefinitionAttribute>();
dictionary.Add(p, attribute);
});
return(dictionary);
}