/// <summary>
/// Poke the given value into the given target indicated by our AspectName.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// If the AspectName is a dotted path, all the selectors bar the last
/// are used to find the object that should be updated, and the last
/// selector is used as the property to update on that object.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// So, if 'target' is a Person and the AspectName is "HomeAddress.Postcode",
/// this method will first fetch "HomeAddress" property, and then try to set the
/// "Postcode" property on the home address object.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="target">The object that will be poked</param>
/// <param name="value">The value that will be poked into the target</param>
/// <returns>bool indicating whether the put worked</returns>
public bool PutValue(Object target, Object value)
{
if (this.Parts.Count == 0)
{
return(false);
}
SimpleMunger lastPart = this.Parts[this.Parts.Count - 1];
if (this.Parts.Count > 1)
{
List <SimpleMunger> parts = new List <SimpleMunger>(this.Parts);
parts.RemoveAt(parts.Count - 1);
try {
target = this.EvaluateParts(target, parts);
} catch (MungerException ex) {
this.ReportPutValueException(ex);
return(false);
}
}
if (target != null)
{
try {
return(lastPart.PutValue(target, value));
} catch (MungerException ex) {
this.ReportPutValueException(ex);
}
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create a MungerException
/// </summary>
/// <param name="munger"></param>
/// <param name="target"></param>
/// <param name="ex"></param>
public MungerException(SimpleMunger munger, object target, Exception ex)
: base("Munger failed", ex)
{
this.munger = munger;
this.target = target;
}
public GenericEffect()
{
munger = new SimpleMunger <T>("");
}