/// <summary>
/// Prepares the parsing for a specific enum by returning a pre-computed dictionary with all allowed mapping name => enum.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">
/// Type of the enum to compute the dictionary
/// </typeparam>
/// <returns>
/// A pre-computed dictionary with all allowed mapping name => enum
/// </returns>
protected static StringEnumMap PrepareParsing <T>() where T : CompositeEnum
{
var map = new StringEnumMap();
var type = typeof(T);
while (type != typeof(CompositeEnum))
{
foreach (var field in type.GetFields())
{
if (typeof(CompositeEnum).GetTypeInfo().IsAssignableFrom(field.FieldType.GetTypeInfo()) && field.IsStatic)
{
var fieldValue = (CompositeEnum)field.GetValue(null);
if (fieldValue.Values.Count == 1)
{
var key = fieldValue.Values.FirstOrDefault();
if (key != null && key.Key != null && !map.ContainsKey(key.Key))
{
map.Add(key.Key, fieldValue);
}
}
}
}
type = type.GetTypeInfo().BaseType;
}
return(map);
}
