private List<PropertyModel> ObjectToPropertyModelRecursive(object o, List<string> propertiesToOmit = null)
{
List<PropertyModel> results = new List<PropertyModel>();
PropertyInfo[] properties = o.GetType().GetProperties();
foreach (PropertyInfo propInfo in properties)
{
//Determine if this property is in the list of properties to omit -- if it is we skip it
if (propertiesToOmit != null && propertiesToOmit.Contains(propInfo.Name))
{
continue;
}
try
{
PropertyModel propertyModel = null;
//Get the property type and value
object propertyValue = propInfo.GetValue(o);
Type propertyType = propertyValue == null ? typeof(object) : propertyValue.GetType();
//Find the implementer of the ToString method
Type toStringDeclaringType = propertyType.GetMethod("ToString", Type.EmptyTypes).DeclaringType;
//If the prop value is null, just write string.Empty
if (propertyValue == null)
{
//Don't track null properties in order to keep the list short
//propertyModel = new SimplePropertyModel(propInfo.Name, string.Empty);
}
//For other types which have a ToString declared, we want to use the built in ToString()
else if (toStringDeclaringType != typeof(object))
{
propertyModel = new SimplePropertyModel(propInfo.Name, propertyValue.ToString());
}
//If we have a collection, enumerate the contents
else if (typeof (IEnumerable).IsAssignableFrom(propertyType))
{
IEnumerable enumerable = propertyValue as IEnumerable;
List<PropertyModel> collectionModel = new List<PropertyModel>();
int i = 0;
foreach (object enumerableObject in enumerable)
{
List<PropertyModel> innerPropertyModels = this.ObjectToPropertyModelRecursive(enumerableObject, propertiesToOmit);
collectionModel.Add(new CollectionPropertyModel("item" + i, innerPropertyModels));
i++;
}
propertyModel = new CollectionPropertyModel(propInfo.Name, collectionModel);
}
//For any complex properties without a ToString of their own, we recurse
else
{
propertyModel = new CollectionPropertyModel(propInfo.Name, this.ObjectToPropertyModelRecursive(propertyValue, propertiesToOmit));
}
if (propertyModel != null)
{
results.Add(propertyModel);
}
}
catch (TargetInvocationException)
{
// Skip. Cannot access all properties for bound objects
}
}
return results;
}
private List <PropertyModel> ObjectToPropertyModelRecursive(object o, List <string> propertiesToOmit = null)
{
List <PropertyModel> results = new List <PropertyModel>();
PropertyInfo[] properties = o.GetType().GetProperties();
foreach (PropertyInfo propInfo in properties)
{
//Determine if this property is in the list of properties to omit -- if it is we skip it
if (propertiesToOmit != null && propertiesToOmit.Contains(propInfo.Name))
{
continue;
}
try
{
PropertyModel propertyModel = null;
//Get the property type and value
object propertyValue = propInfo.GetValue(o);
Type propertyType = propertyValue == null ? typeof(object) : propertyValue.GetType();
//Find the implementer of the ToString method
Type toStringDeclaringType = propertyType.GetMethod("ToString", Type.EmptyTypes).DeclaringType;
//If the prop value is null, just write string.Empty
if (propertyValue == null)
{
//Don't track null properties in order to keep the list short
//propertyModel = new SimplePropertyModel(propInfo.Name, string.Empty);
}
//For other types which have a ToString declared, we want to use the built in ToString()
else if (toStringDeclaringType != typeof(object))
{
propertyModel = new SimplePropertyModel(propInfo.Name, propertyValue.ToString());
}
//If we have a collection, enumerate the contents
else if (typeof(IEnumerable).IsAssignableFrom(propertyType))
{
IEnumerable enumerable = propertyValue as IEnumerable;
List <PropertyModel> collectionModel = new List <PropertyModel>();
int i = 0;
foreach (object enumerableObject in enumerable)
{
List <PropertyModel> innerPropertyModels = this.ObjectToPropertyModelRecursive(enumerableObject, propertiesToOmit);
collectionModel.Add(new CollectionPropertyModel("item" + i, innerPropertyModels));
i++;
}
propertyModel = new CollectionPropertyModel(propInfo.Name, collectionModel);
}
//For any complex properties without a ToString of their own, we recurse
else
{
propertyModel = new CollectionPropertyModel(propInfo.Name, this.ObjectToPropertyModelRecursive(propertyValue, propertiesToOmit));
}
if (propertyModel != null)
{
results.Add(propertyModel);
}
}
catch (TargetInvocationException)
{
// Skip. Cannot access all properties for bound objects
}
}
return(results);
}