/// <summary>
/// Creates an in memory clone of the specified objectToClone. The
/// clone will only have the properties of objectToClone that are
/// addorned with the specified PropertyAttributeFilter generic type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="PropertyAttributeFilter">The attribute to look for when copying properties</typeparam>
/// <param name="objectToClone">The object to clone</param>
/// <param name="concreteAttribute">If true the attributes must be of the specified type and not extenders of the type.</param>
/// <returns>An in memory type that is not persisted to disk.</returns>
public static Type CreateDynamicType <PropertyAttributeFilter>(this object objectToClone, out AssemblyBuilder assemblyBuilder, bool concreteAttribute) where PropertyAttributeFilter : Attribute, new()
{
Type objType = objectToClone.GetType();
string typeName = objType.Namespace + "." + objType.Name;
if (DynamicTypeStore.Current.ContainsTypeInfo(typeName) && DynamicTypeStore.Current[typeName].DynamicType != null)
{
assemblyBuilder = DynamicTypeStore.Current[typeName].AssemblyBuilder;
return(DynamicTypeStore.Current[typeName].DynamicType);
}
else
{
TypeBuilder typeBuilder;
GetAssemblyAndTypeBuilder(objectToClone, out assemblyBuilder, out typeBuilder);
foreach (PropertyInfo property in objType.GetProperties())
{
PropertyAttributeFilter attr;
if (CustomAttributeExtension.HasCustomAttributeOfType <PropertyAttributeFilter>(property, true, out attr, concreteAttribute))
{
AddPropertyToDynamicType(typeBuilder, property);
}
}
Type jsonSafeType = typeBuilder.CreateType();
Expect.IsNotNull(DynamicTypeStore.Current[typeName], "DynamicTypeInfo was unexpectedly null.");
DynamicTypeStore.Current[typeName].DynamicType = jsonSafeType;
return(jsonSafeType);
}
}
protected static bool HasCustomAttributeOfType <T>(MethodInfo method, out T attribute) where T : Attribute, new()
{
return(CustomAttributeExtension.HasCustomAttributeOfType <T>(method, out attribute));
}
