/// <summary>
/// Gets a field hash table for quick lookup for any object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="any">Any object to get a field table for.</param>
/// <returns>A field table or null if unable to obtain a table.</returns>
public static FieldTable GetFields(object any)
{
FieldTable match = null;
lock(_proptable.SyncRoot)
{
// attempt to get a match
match = _fieldtable[any.GetType()] as FieldTable;
// return it if we have one
if (match != null) return match;
// reflect the object into a new field table
match = new FieldTable(any);
// cache it for future usage
_fieldtable[any.GetType()] = match;
}
// return the match
return match;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a field hash table for quick lookup for any object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="any">Any object to get a field table for.</param>
/// <returns>A field table or null if unable to obtain a table.</returns>
public static FieldTable GetFields(object any)
{
FieldTable match = null;
lock (_proptable.SyncRoot)
{
// attempt to get a match
match = _fieldtable[any.GetType()] as FieldTable;
// return it if we have one
if (match != null)
{
return(match);
}
// reflect the object into a new field table
match = new FieldTable(any);
// cache it for future usage
_fieldtable[any.GetType()] = match;
}
// return the match
return(match);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the field table for any object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="any">Any object to obtain a field table for.</param>
/// <returns>A reference to a field table.</returns>
/// <remarks>It will cache the field table in a hash for quick lookup at a later time.</remarks>
public static FieldTable GetFieldTable(ref object any)
{
if (any == null) return null;
string typefullname = any.GetType().FullName;
FieldTable ft = _fieldtablehash[typefullname] as FieldTable;
if (ft == null)
{
ft = new FieldTable(any);
_fieldtablehash[typefullname] = ft;
}
return ft;
}