private IEnumerable <DataEntity> ToDataEntity <T>(IEnumerable <T> entities)
{
var type = typeof(T);
var fields = type.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance |
BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy |
BindingFlags.Public |
BindingFlags.GetProperty);
foreach (var entity in entities)
{
var dataEntity = new QueryDataEntity
{
ObjectDefinitionFullName = type.Name,
Name = type.Name
};
foreach (var field in fields)
{
dataEntity.Properties.Add(
field.Name,
field.GetValue(entity, null));
}
yield return(dataEntity.ToDataEntity());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Transforms the specified entity collection into a Scribe Online Data Entity collection
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="entities"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private IEnumerable <DataEntity> ToDataEntity <T>(IEnumerable <T> entities)
{
//get the type and its properties. We'll use this to build the fields with Reflection
var type = typeof(T);
var fields = type.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance |
BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy |
BindingFlags.Public |
BindingFlags.GetProperty);
//Loop through the retrieved entities and create a DataEntity from it:
foreach (var entity in entities)
{
var dataEntity = new QueryDataEntity
{
ObjectDefinitionFullName = type.Name,
Name = type.Name
};
//Add the fields to the entity:
/* Each KeyValuePair in the fields must be complete.
* If the field's value is NULL here, Scribe OnLine will throw
* an exception.
* To send a NULL field to Scribe Online, just don't add it to this dictionary.
*/
foreach (var field in fields)
{
dataEntity.Properties.Add(
field.Name,
field.GetValue(entity, null));
}
//Hand back the completed object:
yield return(dataEntity.ToDataEntity());
}
}
