private PropertyInfo[] GetInfo(IterativeRepositoryBase <T> repository)
{
// remove the property Items or items because this is the list in the RepositoryBase class
return(repository
.GetType()
.GetProperties()
.Where(p => p.Name.ToLower().Equals("items") == false)
.ToArray());
}
// -- methods
/// <summary>
/// Creates a representation of the repository for json serialization or web-views.
/// The custom properties of the properties will be stored in a dictionary called Properties and
/// the Items list will be copied.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="repository">The instance of a concretion of the repository base class with custom properties and a list of items.</param>
/// <returns>The calling instance with the copied fields.</returns>
public RepositoryView <T> From(IterativeRepositoryBase <T> repository)
{
// items
Items = repository.Items;
// properties
var infos = GetInfo(repository);
foreach (PropertyInfo pi in infos)
{
if (pi.CanWrite)
{
Properties.Add(pi.Name, pi.GetValue(repository, null));
}
}
return(this);
}