/// <summary>
/// Convert arguments to parameter types where they mismatch
/// </summary>
/// <param name='ctor'>
/// Ctor.
/// </param>
/// <param name='args'>
/// Arguments.
/// </param>
public static void ConformArguments(ParameterInfo[] paramlist, object[] args)
{
int i = -1;
foreach (var parm in paramlist)
{
i++;
object arg = args[i];
Type pclass = parm.ParameterType;
Type aclass = arg != null?arg.GetType() : null;
var ptype = ValueTypeUtils.TypeOf(pclass);
var atype = ValueTypeUtils.TypeOf(aclass);
if ((atype == ptype && atype != VType.Other) || pclass == aclass || pclass.IsAssignableFrom(aclass))
{
continue;
}
if (arg == null && pclass.IsValueType)
{
throw new ArgumentException("could not find matching constructor");
}
if (arg == null)
{
continue;
}
// convert simple value types to conform
if (ptype != VType.Other)
{
args[i] = ValueTypeUtils.Convert(arg, ptype, pclass);
}
// special handling for delegates
else if (DelegateGenerator.IsDelegate(pclass))
{
args[i] = DelegateGenerator.ConvertToDelegate(pclass, args[i]);
}
// special case for ZDateTime, allowing long specifier
else if (pclass == typeof(ZDateTime))
{
if (aclass == typeof(long))
{
args[i] = new ZDateTime((long)arg, ZTimeZone.NewYork);
}
else if (aclass == typeof(string))
{
args[i] = new ZDateTime((string)arg);
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("unknown argument pairing");
}
}
// see if we can instantiate a persitable class
else if (atype == VType.String && pclass.IsSubclassOf(typeof(IPersist <string>)))
{
var nobj = (IPersist <string>)Activator.CreateInstance(pclass);
nobj.State = (string)arg;
args[i] = nobj;
}
// the parameter type is an array, but our value is a single value of the same type, convert
else if (pclass.IsArray && pclass.GetElementType() == aclass)
{
var narray = Array.CreateInstance(pclass.GetElementType(), 1);
narray.SetValue(arg, 0);
args[i] = narray;
}
else if (pclass == typeof(double []))
{
if (typeof(Vector <double>).IsAssignableFrom(aclass))
{
var vec = (Vector <double>)args [i];
var data = MatrixUtils.DataOf(vec);
args [i] = data;
}
else if (aclass != typeof(double []))
{
throw new ArgumentException("unknown argument pairing: " + aclass + " -> double[]");
}
}
else if (typeof(Vector <double>).IsAssignableFrom(pclass))
{
if (aclass == typeof(double))
{
var vec = new DenseVector(1);
vec[0] = ((Double)args[i]);
args[i] = vec;
}
if (aclass == typeof(int))
{
var vec = new DenseVector(1);
vec[0] = (double)((Int32)args[i]);
args[i] = vec;
}
}
// otherwise try to create a new instance from string
else if (atype == VType.String)
{
string sval = (string)arg;
try
{
var method = pclass.GetMethod("Parse");
if (method != null)
{
args[i] = method.Invoke(null, new object[] { sval });
continue;
}
}
catch
{ }
try
{
args[i] = Activator.CreateInstance(pclass, sval);
}
catch
{ throw new ArgumentException("could not coerce type " + aclass + " to " + pclass); }
}
}
}