/// <summary>
/// This method takes in a property and looks through to see if the given testProperty could be contained in it through its contained navigation properties or
/// its nested contained navigation properties.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="odcmRootProperty">The property to start the search from</param>
/// <param name="testProperty">The property to find in the from the root type</param>
/// <param name="navigatedTypes">The types already navigated to prevent circular references</param>
/// <param name="route">The route followed to get here</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static bool IsPropertyTypeChainedContainedNavigationProperty(this OdcmProperty odcmRootProperty, OdcmProperty testProperty, HashSet <string> navigatedTypes, string route)
{
// check if the property already matches the type.
if (odcmRootProperty.Type.FullName.Equals(testProperty.Type.FullName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
logger.Info("Property \"{0}\" matches self contained navigation property \"{1}\" of type \"{2}\"", testProperty.Name, odcmRootProperty.Name, odcmRootProperty.Type.FullName);
logger.Info("Possible route from service class is: {0}{1}{1}", route, Environment.NewLine);
return(true);
}
// check if the base class is referenced instead.
if (odcmRootProperty.AsOdcmClass()?.IsAncestorOfType(testProperty.AsOdcmClass() ?? null) ?? false)
{
logger.Info("Property \"{0}\" of type \"{1}\" matches self contained navigation property \"{2}\" of Base type \"{3}\"", testProperty.Name, testProperty.Type.FullName, odcmRootProperty.Name, odcmRootProperty.Type.FullName);
logger.Info("Possible route from service class is: {0}{1}{1}", route, Environment.NewLine);
return(true);
}
// its not this type so lets add it to the exclusion list
navigatedTypes.Add(odcmRootProperty.Type.FullName);
// The current type does not match. So, we get the list of contained nav properties from the given type and recursively subject it to the same test
var matchingProperty = odcmRootProperty.Type.AsOdcmClass()?
.Properties
.Where(prop => prop.ContainsTarget) // the nave properties with containsTarget
.Where(prop => !navigatedTypes.Contains(prop.Type.FullName)) // prevent any cycle business
.FirstOrDefault(prop => prop.IsPropertyTypeChainedContainedNavigationProperty(testProperty, navigatedTypes, prop.IsCollection ? $"{route}/{prop.Name}/{{id}}" : $"{route}/{prop.Name}")
);
return(matchingProperty != null);
}
