/// <summary>
/// Get a template by type from the templates warehouse. If not in the warehouse, a new ResourceTemplate is created and added to the warehouse.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">.Net type.</param>
/// <returns>Resource template.</returns>
public static TypeTemplate GetTemplateByType(Type type)
{
TemplateType templateType = TemplateType.Unspecified;
if (Codec.InheritsClass(type, typeof(DistributedResource)))
{
templateType = TemplateType.Wrapper;
}
if (Codec.ImplementsInterface(type, typeof(IResource)))
{
templateType = TemplateType.Resource;
}
else if (Codec.ImplementsInterface(type, typeof(IRecord)))
{
templateType = TemplateType.Record;
}
else if (type.IsEnum)
{
templateType = TemplateType.Enum;
}
else
{
return(null);
}
var baseType = ResourceProxy.GetBaseType(type);
if (baseType == typeof(IResource) ||
baseType == typeof(IRecord))
{
return(null);
}
var template = templates[templateType].Values.FirstOrDefault(x => x.DefinedType == type);
// loaded ?
if (template == null)
{
template = new TypeTemplate(baseType, true);
TypeTemplate.GetDependencies(template);
}
return(template);
}