/// <summary>
/// Convert object from IRevitEntity to a ExStorage.Entity object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="revitEntity">IRevitEntity object to convert</param>
/// <returns>Converted ExStorage.Entity</returns>
public Entity Convert(IRevitEntity revitEntity)
{
var entityType = revitEntity.GetType();
//Create the schema for IRevitEntity object
var schema = _schemaCreator.CreateSchema(entityType);
Entity entity = new Entity(schema);
/* Iterate all of the schema field and
* get IRevitEntity object property value
* for each field
*/
var schemaFields = schema.ListFields();
foreach (var field in schemaFields)
{
/*Get the property of the IRevitEntity with the
* same name as FieldName
*/
var property = entityType.GetProperty(field.FieldName);
//Get the property value
dynamic propertyValue = property.GetValue(revitEntity, null);
/*We don't need to write null value to
* the ExStorage.Entity
* So we just skip this property
*/
if (propertyValue == null)
{
continue;
}
Type propertyValueType =
propertyValue.GetType();
switch (field.ContainerType)
{
case ContainerType.Simple:
propertyValue = ConvertSimpleProperty(propertyValue, field);
if (field.UnitType == UnitType.UT_Undefined)
{
entity.Set(field, propertyValue);
}
else
{
var firstCompatibleDUT = GetFirstCompatibleDUT(field);
entity.Set(field, propertyValue, firstCompatibleDUT);
}
break;
case ContainerType.Array:
/* If we have a deal with null IList or with
* empty IList we must skip this field.
*/
if (propertyValue.Count == 0)
{
continue;
}
var convertedIListFieldValue =
ConvertIListProperty(propertyValue, field);
/* convertedArrayFieldValue is an List<T> object.
* Entity.Set method throws an exception if I do not pass
* an IList interface as value.
* Even if the type implements IList<T> interface
* With this method which do nothing except takes a
* IList parameter instead FieldType, it works propoerly
*/
if (field.UnitType == UnitType.UT_Undefined)
{
EntityExtension.SetWrapper(entity, field, convertedIListFieldValue);
}
else
{
var firstCompatibleDUT = GetFirstCompatibleDUT(field);
EntityExtension.SetWrapper(entity,
field,
convertedIListFieldValue,
firstCompatibleDUT);
}
break;
case ContainerType.Map:
var convertedMapFieldValue =
ConvertIDictionaryProperty(propertyValue, field);
if (field.UnitType == UnitType.UT_Undefined)
{
EntityExtension.SetWrapper(entity, field, convertedMapFieldValue);
}
else
{
var firstCompatibleDUT = GetFirstCompatibleDUT(field);
EntityExtension.SetWrapper(entity,
field,
convertedMapFieldValue,
firstCompatibleDUT);
}
break;
default:
throw new NotSupportedException("Unknown Field.ContainerType");
}
}
return(entity);
}