public Settings.SettingsBase PopulateSettings(Settings.SettingsBase instance)
{
var type = instance.GetType();
var prefix = type.Name + ".";
var props = type.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly)
.Where(x => x.CanWrite);
foreach (var pi in props)
{
try
{
var value = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[prefix + pi.Name];
if (value == null)
{
instance.AddProblem(new ConvertProblem
{
PropertyName = pi.Name,
Exception = new Exception(
string.Format("Property [{0}{1}] not found in web.config", prefix, pi.Name))
});
}
// convert object to property type
var converted = GetConvertedValue(pi, value);
pi.SetValue(instance, converted, null);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
// silently add convert problem to instance
// so you can debug it in runtime
instance.AddProblem(new ConvertProblem
{
PropertyName = pi.Name,
Exception = e
});
}
}
return instance;
}
