/// <summary>
/// Gets all the properties of a type that can be edited
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">Type to get the editable properties from</param>
public static PropertyInfo[] GetEditableProperties(Type type)
{
if (!ImportTemplates.ContainsKey(type))
{
throw new NotSupportedException($"'{type.Name}' is not a supported Import Type");
}
if (!EditableProperties.ContainsKey(type))
{
PropertyInfo[] allProps = type.GetProperties();
List <PropertyInfo> editableProps = new List <PropertyInfo>();
foreach (var prop in allProps)
{
if (IsEditableProperty(prop))
{
editableProps.Add(prop);
}
}
EditableProperties.Add(type, editableProps.ToArray());
}
return(EditableProperties[type]);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets all the properties required for a type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">The type to Test</param>
public static PropertyInfo[] GetRequiredProperties(Type type)
{
if (!ImportTemplates.ContainsKey(type))
{
throw new NotSupportedException($"'{type.Name}' is not a supported Import Type");
}
return(ImportTemplates[type].RequiredProperties);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create an object of the specified Type using the values provided
/// </summary>
/// <param name="values">Values to assign to the object</param>
/// <param name="type">The type of object to create</param>
/// <returns>An Object of the type initialized with the specified Values</returns>
public static object CreateObject(Dictionary <PropertyInfo, object> values, Type type)
{
// Check that an import template exists for this type
if (!ImportTemplates.ContainsKey(type))
{
throw new NotSupportedException($"Cannot create an import for type '{type}'");
}
IImportTemplate importTemplate = ImportTemplates[type];
// Check that the values contain all required properties
if (importTemplate.RequiredProperties != null && importTemplate.RequiredProperties.Length == 0)
{
foreach (var property in importTemplate.RequiredProperties)
{
if (!values.ContainsKey(property))
{
throw new NullReferenceException($"You have not set all required values for an object of type '{type}'");
}
}
}
object entity = importTemplate.CreateTemplateObject();
SetDatesOnTemplateObject(entity, type);
// Set all of the values specified
foreach (var valuePair in values)
{
var property = valuePair.Key;
var value = valuePair.Value;
// Check to make sure the ID of this field is not being set
if (property.Name == $"{type.Name}ID")
{
throw new ArgumentException($"You cannot set the ID for a {type.Name}");
}
// Make sure that they are not overriding an automatic value
if (importTemplate.IgnoredProperties.Contains(property))
{
continue;
}
property.SetValue(entity, value);
}
return(entity);
}