public static Dictionary<string, string> GetPropertyValues(Settings settings)
{
var dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
var members = typeof(Settings).FindMembers(
MemberTypes.Property,
BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public,
HasAttribute,
null);
foreach (PropertyInfo member in members)
{
if (member == null ||
member.GetValue(settings) == null)
{
dictionary.Add(member.Name, null);
}
else if (member.PropertyType == typeof(IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>))
{
dictionary.Add(member.Name, "Connection strings");
foreach (var item in (IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>)member.GetValue(settings))
{
dictionary.Add(item.Key, item.Value);
}
}
else
{
dictionary.Add(member.Name, member.GetValue(settings).ToString());
}
}
return dictionary;
}
private static Settings Initialize()
{
bool isDevMode = true; // Consider using an environment variable to indicate this
if (isDevMode)
{
// Normally we'd load a file based on the username so each developer would get their own settings,
// but for this example we'll specify the file name so everyone can see how this override works
AppSettingsLoader.DevSettings = new DevSettingLoader(
dir: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory,
fileName: "common.json");
}
var settings = new Settings();
AppSettingsLoader.Load(Factory.GetAppConfigSettingLoader(), ref settings);
return settings;
}
