/// <summary>
/// Populates the given <paramref name="toFill"/> with the descriptions stored in <paramref name="fillWith"/>. This will overwrite previous values.
///
/// <para>Not all object types T are supported</para>
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="toFill"></param>
/// <param name="fillWith"></param>
public void Fill <T>(T toFill, DublinCoreDefinition fillWith)
{
Catalogue c = toFill as Catalogue;
if (c != null)
{
//only overwritte name if Catalogue has default blank name
if (c.Name != null && c.Name.StartsWith("New Catalogue ", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
{
c.Name = fillWith.Title;
}
c.Description = fillWith.Description;
c.Search_keywords = fillWith.Subject;
//only change Acronym if it was null before
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(c.Acronym))
{
c.Acronym = fillWith.Alternative;
}
}
else
{
throw new NotSupportedException("Did not know how to hydrate the Type " + typeof(T) + " from a DublinCoreDefinition");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates a <see cref="DublinCoreDefinition"/> for the provided <paramref name="generateFrom"/> by reading specific fields out of the object
/// and translating them to dublin core metadata fields.
///
/// <para>Not all object types T are supported</para>
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="generateFrom"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public DublinCoreDefinition GenerateFrom <T>(T generateFrom)
{
var toReturn = new DublinCoreDefinition();
Catalogue c = generateFrom as Catalogue;
if (c != null)
{
toReturn.Title = c.Name;
toReturn.Description = c.Description;
toReturn.Subject = c.Search_keywords;
toReturn.Alternative = c.Acronym;
}
else
{
throw new NotSupportedException("Did not know how to extracta a DublinCoreDefinition from the Type " + typeof(T));
}
return(toReturn);
}
