public IElement GetRootElement <T>(T objectToSerialize)
{
type = typeof(T);
var rootElement = new CompositeElement();
rootElement.Name = type.Name;
RecursiveTreeBuilder(rootElement, type, objectToSerialize);
return(rootElement);
}
private void RecursiveTreeBuilder(CompositeElement parentElement, Type type, object objectToSerialize)
{
foreach (var property in type.GetProperties())
{
if (property.PropertyType.IsPrimitive || property.PropertyType.Equals(typeof(string)))
{
var element = new Element();
element.Name = property.Name;
element.Value = property.GetValue(objectToSerialize, null).ToString();
parentElement.ChildElements.Add(element);
}
else
{
if (IsEnumerable(property))
{
var element = new CompositeElement();
element.Name = property.Name;
element.IsCollection = true;
var enumerableProperty = property.GetValue(objectToSerialize, null) as IEnumerable;
foreach (var value in enumerableProperty)
{
var childElement = new Element();
childElement.Name = element.Name + "Item";
childElement.Value = value.ToString();
element.ChildElements.Add(childElement);
}
parentElement.ChildElements.Add(element);
}
else
{
var element = new CompositeElement();
element.Name = property.Name;
parentElement.ChildElements.Add(element);
RecursiveTreeBuilder(element, property.PropertyType, property.GetValue(objectToSerialize, null));
}
}
}
}
