public virtual BooleanValue GetKOSIsType(StringValue queryTypeName)
{
// We can't use Reflection's IsAssignableFrom because of the annoying way Generics work under Reflection.
for (Type t = GetType(); t != null; t = t.BaseType)
{
// Our KOSNomenclature mapping can't store a Dictionary mapping for all
// the new generics types that get made on the fly and weren't present when the static constructor was made.
// So instead we ask Reflection to get the base from which it came so we can look that up instead.
if (t.IsGenericType)
{
t = t.GetGenericTypeDefinition();
}
if (KOSNomenclature.HasKOSName(t))
{
string kOSname = KOSNomenclature.GetKOSName(t);
if (kOSname == queryTypeName)
{
return(true);
}
if (t == typeof(Structure))
{
break; // don't bother walking further up - there won't be any more KOS types above this.
}
}
}
return(false);
}
public virtual StringValue GetKOSInheritance()
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
string prevKosName = "";
for (Type t = GetType(); t != null; t = t.BaseType)
{
// Our KOSNomenclature mapping can't store a Dictionary mapping for all
// the new generics types that get made on the fly and weren't present when the static constructor was made.
// So instead we ask Reflection to get the base from which it came so we can look that up instead.
if (t.IsGenericType)
{
t = t.GetGenericTypeDefinition();
}
if (KOSNomenclature.HasKOSName(t))
{
string kOSname = KOSNomenclature.GetKOSName(t);
if (kOSname != prevKosName) // skip extra iterations where we mash parent C# types and child C# types into the same KOS type.
{
if (prevKosName != "")
{
sb.Append(" derived from ");
}
sb.Append(kOSname);
}
prevKosName = kOSname;
if (t == typeof(Structure))
{
break; // don't bother walking further up - there won't be any more KOS types above this.
}
}
}
return(sb.ToString());
}