/// <summary>
/// Gets the entity.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
/// <param name="rockContext">The rock context.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public IEntity GetEntity(string value, RockContext rockContext)
{
int?entityId = GetEntityId(value, out EntityTypeCache entityType);
if (entityType == null)
{
return(null);
}
IService entityService;
MethodInfo getMethod;
var methodParamTypes = new Type[] { typeof(int) };
// Person is handled differently since it's stored as PersonAlias's EntityType.Guid|PersonAlias.Id
// (we need to return the Person tied to the PersonAlias instance)
if (entityType.GetEntityType() == typeof(PersonAlias))
{
entityService = new PersonAliasService(rockContext);
getMethod = entityService.GetType().GetMethod("GetPerson", methodParamTypes);
}
else
{
entityService = Reflection.GetServiceForEntityType(entityType.GetEntityType(), rockContext);
getMethod = entityService.GetType().GetMethod("Get", methodParamTypes);
}
return(( IEntity )getMethod.Invoke(entityService, new object[] { entityId }));
}
