/// <summary>
/// Gets an instance of <see cref="GspCoreEntity"/> that contains data from the <core .../> section of
/// galleryserverpro.config. The entity can be updated with new values and then passed to the <see cref="SaveCore"/>
/// method for persisting back to the file system.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="core">An instance of <see cref="GalleryServerPro.Configuration.Core"/> that contains configuration
/// data stored in the <core .../> section of galleryserverpro.config.</param>
/// <returns>Returns an instance of <see cref="GspCoreEntity"/> that is contains data from the <core .../> section of
/// galleryserverpro.config.</returns>
public static GspCoreEntity GetGspCoreEntity(Core core)
{
GspCoreEntity gce = new GspCoreEntity();
Type coreType = typeof(Core);
Type gceType = typeof(GspCoreEntity);
// Iterate through each property of the core parameter and copy the value to the entity. Each property of the entity
// has been configurated so that its data type matches that in the parameter.
foreach (PropertyInfo coreProperty in coreType.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly))
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(coreProperty.Name);
FieldInfo aseProperty = gceType.GetField(ToFirstCharLower(coreProperty.Name));
if (aseProperty.FieldType == typeof(bool))
{
aseProperty.SetValue(gce, Convert.ToBoolean(coreProperty.GetValue(core, null), System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
else if (aseProperty.FieldType == typeof(string))
{
aseProperty.SetValue(gce, Convert.ToString(coreProperty.GetValue(core, null), System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
else if (aseProperty.FieldType == typeof(int))
{
aseProperty.SetValue(gce, Convert.ToInt32(coreProperty.GetValue(core, null), System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
else if (aseProperty.FieldType == typeof(Single))
{
aseProperty.SetValue(gce, Convert.ToSingle(coreProperty.GetValue(core, null), System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(string.Format("GspConfigController.GetGspCoreEntity is not designed to process a property of type {0} (encountered in GspCoreEntity.{1})", aseProperty.FieldType, aseProperty.Name));
}
}
return gce;
}
/// <summary>
/// Persist the configuration data to the <core .../> section of galleryserverpro.config.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="core">An instance of <see cref="GspCoreEntity"/> that contains data to save to the
/// <core .../> section of galleryserverpro.config.</param>
/// <exception cref="UnauthorizedAccessException">Thrown when the IIS application pool identity does not have
/// write access to galleryserverpro.config.</exception>
public static void SaveCore(GspCoreEntity core)
{
XmlDocument xmlDoc = LoadGalleryServerProConfigFromDisk();
// Update the attributes of the <core ...> element with the values from the source config file.
XmlElement coreElement = (XmlElement)xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode(@"galleryServerPro/core");
// Loop through each entity property and assign the value to the matching element in the <core> section of
// galleryserverpro.config.
Type type = typeof(GspCoreEntity);
foreach (FieldInfo field in type.GetFields())
{
string attValue = Convert.ToString(field.GetValue(core), System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
if (field.FieldType == typeof(bool))
{
// Bool fields should be stored in lower case; all others can be stored without modification.
attValue = attValue.ToLowerInvariant();
}
coreElement.SetAttribute(field.Name, attValue);
}
SaveGalleryServerProConfigToDisk(xmlDoc);
}