/// <summary>
/// Gets the property's value with the specified name. This is a case-insensitve search.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The property name to access</param>
/// <returns>object value of BaseData</returns>
public object GetProperty(string name)
{
// check to see if the requested name matches one of the algorithm registered data types and if
// so, we'll return a new empty list. this precludes us from always needing to check HasData<T>
Type type;
if (_registeredTypes.TryGetType(name, out type))
{
IReadOnlyList <BaseData> data;
if (_cache.TryGetValue(type, out data))
{
return(data);
}
var listType = GetGenericListType(type);
return(Activator.CreateInstance(listType));
}
throw new KeyNotFoundException($"Property with name '{name}' does not exist.");
}