public SettingsCollectionDTO GenerateDTO(SettingsCollectionBase settingsCollection)
{
var dto = new SettingsCollectionDTO();
var settingCollectionType = settingsCollection.GetType();
dto.TypeFullName = settingCollectionType.FullName;
dto.AssemblyFullName = settingCollectionType.Assembly.FullName;
dto.TypeAssemblyQualifiedName = settingCollectionType.AssemblyQualifiedName;
// Translate properties
var properties = GetType().GetProperties()
.Where(p => typeof(SettingBase).IsAssignableFrom(p.PropertyType));
foreach (var prop in properties)
{
var set = (SettingBase)prop.GetValue(settingsCollection);
var settingDto = new SettingDTO();
settingDto.Name = prop.Name;
settingDto.ValueTypeFullName = set.ValueType.FullName;
settingDto.ValueTypeAssemblyQualifiedName = set.ValueType.AssemblyQualifiedName;
settingDto.ValueAssemblyFullName = set.ValueType.Assembly.FullName;
settingDto.ValueTypeAssemblyQualifiedName = set.ValueType.AssemblyQualifiedName;
settingDto.Value = set.Value;
}
return(dto);
}
public SettingsCollectionBase ParseDTO(SettingsCollectionDTO settingsCollectionDTO)
{
var collectionType = Type.GetType(settingsCollectionDTO.TypeAssemblyQualifiedName);
var settingCollection = (SettingsCollectionBase)Activator.CreateInstance(collectionType);
// Assign property values
List <SettingBase> settings = new List <SettingBase>();
// Get all properties which are derived from SettingBase class
var properties = GetType().GetProperties()
.Where(p => typeof(SettingBase).IsAssignableFrom(p.PropertyType));
if (properties == null || properties.Count() == 0)
{
return(settingCollection);
}
foreach (var prop in properties)
{
var setting = settingsCollectionDTO.Settings.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == prop.Name);
prop.SetValue(settingCollection, setting.Value);
}
return(settingCollection);
}
/// <summary>
/// Tranforms the objects into a DTO, which can be consumed by Storage
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Return a DTO</returns>
/// <remarks>All the tranformations required for the storage are to be done here. We might want to move this function to Settings Manager</remarks>
public SettingsCollectionDTO GenerateDTO()
{
var dto = new SettingsCollectionDTO();
dto.TypeFullName = GetType().FullName;
dto.TypeAssemblyQualifiedName = GetType().AssemblyQualifiedName;
dto.AssemblyFullName = GetType().Assembly.FullName;
var Settings = this.AllSettingsToList();
var SettingsDTO = new List <SettingDTO>();
foreach (var setting in Settings)
{
SettingsDTO.Add(setting.GenerateDTO());
}
dto.Settings = SettingsDTO;
return(dto);
}