public static object Convert(object value, Dynamics365Entity entity, string attributeLogicalName, Dynamics365Connection connection, string targetEntityLogicalName)
{
object convertedValue = default(object);
EntityMetadata entityMetadata = entity.GetEntityMetadata(connection);
AttributeMetadata attributeMetadata = entityMetadata.Attributes.FirstOrDefault(findField => findField.LogicalName == attributeLogicalName);
Dynamics365TypeConverter converter = new Dynamics365TypeConverter(attributeMetadata, targetEntityLogicalName);
Type destinationType = converter.Dynamics365Type;
if (converter.CanConvertTo(destinationType))
{
try
{
convertedValue = converter.ConvertTo(value, destinationType);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Cannot convert {0} '{1}' to {2}: {3}", attributeMetadata.DisplayName.UserLocalizedLabel.Label, value, destinationType.Name, ex.Message), ex);
}
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Cannot convert {0} '{1}' to {2}.", attributeMetadata.DisplayName.UserLocalizedLabel.Label, value, destinationType.Name));
}
return(convertedValue);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a list of fields in an entity or link-entity node of a FetchXML query.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entityNode">The entity node.</param>
/// <returns>The fields.</returns>
private List <Dynamics365Field> GetEntityNodeFields(XmlNode entityNode)
{
List <Dynamics365Field> fields = new List <Dynamics365Field>();
Dynamics365Entity entity = Dynamics365Entity.Create(entityNode.Attributes["name"].Value, (Dynamics365Connection)Parent);
EntityMetadata entityMetadata = entity.GetEntityMetadata((Dynamics365Connection)Parent);
foreach (XmlNode node in entityNode.ChildNodes)
{
if (node.Name.ToLower() == "attribute")
{
string attributeName = node.Attributes["name"].Value;
AttributeMetadata attributeMetadata = entityMetadata.Attributes.FirstOrDefault(findField => findField.LogicalName == attributeName);
if (attributeMetadata != default(AttributeMetadata))
{
fields.Add(Dynamics365Field.CreateFromMetadata(attributeMetadata, (Dynamics365Connection)Parent));
}
else
{
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("The {0} field in {1} does not exist in Dynamics 365", attributeName, Name));
}
}
if (node.Name.ToLower() == "link-entity")
{
List <Dynamics365Field> linkedFields = GetEntityNodeFields(node);
foreach (Dynamics365Field linkedField in linkedFields)
{
fields.Add(linkedField);
}
}
}
return(fields);
}