public SettingsCollectionDTO GenerateDTO(SettingsCollectionBase settingsCollection)
{
var dto = new SettingsCollectionDTO();
var settingCollectionType = settingsCollection.GetType();
dto.TypeFullName = settingCollectionType.FullName;
dto.AssemblyFullName = settingCollectionType.Assembly.FullName;
dto.TypeAssemblyQualifiedName = settingCollectionType.AssemblyQualifiedName;
// Translate properties
var properties = GetType().GetProperties()
.Where(p => typeof(SettingBase).IsAssignableFrom(p.PropertyType));
foreach (var prop in properties)
{
var set = (SettingBase)prop.GetValue(settingsCollection);
var settingDto = new SettingDTO();
settingDto.Name = prop.Name;
settingDto.ValueTypeFullName = set.ValueType.FullName;
settingDto.ValueTypeAssemblyQualifiedName = set.ValueType.AssemblyQualifiedName;
settingDto.ValueAssemblyFullName = set.ValueType.Assembly.FullName;
settingDto.ValueTypeAssemblyQualifiedName = set.ValueType.AssemblyQualifiedName;
settingDto.Value = set.Value;
}
return(dto);
}
/// <summary>
/// Tranforms the objects into a DTO, which can be consumed by Storage
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Return a DTO</returns>
/// <remarks>All the tranformations required for the storage are to be done here. We might want to move this function to Settings Manager</remarks>
public SettingDTO GenerateDTO()
{
var dto = new SettingDTO();
dto.CollectionName = ParentCollectionName;
dto.Name = PropertyNameInParentCollection;
dto.ValueAssemblyFullName = ValueType.Assembly.FullName;
dto.ValueTypeAssemblyQualifiedName = ValueType.AssemblyQualifiedName;
dto.ValueTypeFullName = ValueType.FullName;
// If value is one of the allowed types ( all built-in types or except custom classes ) then store as is
// Else serialize as json string ( for custom classes )
if (ConstantValues.AllowedTypes.Contains(ValueType))
{
dto.Value = Value;
}
else
{
// Todo: JsonSerializer serializes enums to integer, Though its Deserialize method is able to generate back the selected enum member with that integer.
// But Enum.Parse() method needs member name, which is the constant that a code depends upon mostly.
// Enum member value is suspected to be changed, and moreover isn't expressive when seen in config file.
// We need to write code to go through the nested types and convert all enums used to their string representations.
// Note: JsonSerializer will only serialize public properties and not fields.
dto.Value = JsonSerializer.Serialize(Value);
string v = (string)dto.Value;
Type t = Type.GetType(dto.ValueTypeAssemblyQualifiedName);
var o = JsonSerializer.Deserialize(v, t);
}
return(dto);
}