/// <summary>
/// Maps the given object to a xml-dom.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entity">The entity as object.</param>
/// <param name="entityType">The entiy type.</param>
/// <returns>The XElement filled with data from the given entity..</returns>
protected XElement ToXElement(object entity, Type entityType)
{
XmlRepository.AddDefaultPropertyMappingsFor(entityType, this.PropertyMappings);
var mappings = this.PropertyMappings[entityType];
var element = this.CreateElement(entityType.Name);
foreach (var mapping in mappings)
{
Func <string> valueGetter =
() =>
GetStringValueOrEmptyString(mapping.EntityType.GetProperty(mapping.Name).GetValue(entity, null));
switch (mapping.XmlMappingType)
{
case XmlMappingType.Attribute:
element.Add(new XAttribute(mapping.MappedName, valueGetter()));
break;
case XmlMappingType.Content:
element.Add(valueGetter());
break;
case XmlMappingType.Element:
// Primitive property.
if (!mapping.IsClassPropertyType)
{
element.Add(this.CreateElement(mapping.MappedName, valueGetter()));
continue;
}
// Class property.
if (!mapping.IsGenericCollectionPropertyType)
{
object propertyObjectValue = entityType.GetProperty(mapping.Name).GetValue(entity, null);
if (propertyObjectValue == null)
{
element.Add(this.CreateElement(mapping.MappedName));
}
else
{
element.Add(this.ToXElement(propertyObjectValue, mapping.PropertyType));
}
continue;
}
// Generic collection property.
XElement collectionElement = this.CreateElement(mapping.MappedName);
element.Add(collectionElement);
PropertyInfo propertyType = entityType.GetProperty(mapping.Name);
Type listType = propertyType.PropertyType;
IEnumerable collection = propertyType.GetValue(entity, null) as IEnumerable;
if (collection != null)
{
Type collectionItemType = listType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
foreach (var item in collection)
{
collectionElement.Add(this.ToXElement(item, collectionItemType));
}
}
break;
}
}
return(element);
}
/// <summary>
/// Maps the given XElement that represents one node to a object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="entityElement">The root element.</param>
/// <param name="entityType">The entiy type.</param>
/// <returns>The object filled with the data of given XElement.</returns>
protected object ToObject(XElement entityElement, Type entityType)
{
XmlRepository.AddDefaultPropertyMappingsFor(entityType, this.PropertyMappings);
var propertyMappings = this.PropertyMappings ?? XmlRepository.PropertyMappings;
var mappings = propertyMappings[entityType];
object entity = Activator.CreateInstance(entityType);
foreach (var mapping in mappings)
{
Action <string> valueSetter =
value =>
mapping.EntityType.GetProperty(mapping.Name).SetValue(entity,
GetConvertedValue(mapping.PropertyType,
value), null);
switch (mapping.XmlMappingType)
{
case XmlMappingType.Attribute:
if (entityElement.HasAttributes)
{
valueSetter(entityElement.Attribute(mapping.MappedName).Value);
}
break;
case XmlMappingType.Content:
valueSetter(entityElement.Value);
break;
case XmlMappingType.Element:
// Primitive propert.
if (!mapping.IsClassPropertyType)
{
if (entityElement.HasElements)
{
valueSetter(entityElement.Element(mapping.MappedName).Value);
}
continue;
}
// Class property.
if (!mapping.IsGenericCollectionPropertyType)
{
object possibleValue = this.ToObject(entityElement.Element(mapping.Name),
mapping.PropertyType);
if (possibleValue != null)
{
mapping
.EntityType
.GetProperty(mapping.Name)
.SetValue(entity, possibleValue, null);
continue;
}
}
// Generic collection property.
PropertyInfo propertyInfo = entityType.GetProperty(mapping.Name);
Type listType = propertyInfo.PropertyType;
IList entityList = propertyInfo.GetValue(entity, null) as IList;
Type entityItemType = listType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
if (entityList == null)
{
entityList =
((IList)
Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(List <>).MakeGenericType(entityItemType)));
}
var collectionElement = entityElement.Element(mapping.MappedName);
if (collectionElement.HasElements)
{
foreach (var element in collectionElement.Elements())
{
entityList.Add(this.ToObject(element, entityItemType));
}
mapping.EntityType.GetProperty(mapping.Name).SetValue(entity, entityList, null);
}
break;
}
}
return(entity);
}