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InitialiserFromInstance
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
namespace Adp.Run.Mobile.Payrun
{
public static class InitialiserFromInstance
{
public static string Create(object o)
{
Type t = o.GetType();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("var o = ");
SerialiseObject(sb, t, o);
sb.Append(";");
return sb.ToString();
}
private static void SerialiseObject(StringBuilder sb, Type t, object instance)
{
sb.Append("new ");
sb.Append(t.Name);
sb.Append(" { ");
foreach (var property in t.GetProperties())
{
AppendPropertyValue(sb, property, instance);
}
foreach (var fieldInfo in t.GetFields())
{
AppendFieldValue(sb, fieldInfo, instance);
}
sb.Remove(sb.Length - 2, 2);
sb.Append(" }");
}
private static void AppendFieldValue(StringBuilder sb, FieldInfo fieldInfo, object instance)
{
if (!fieldInfo.IsPublic) return;
object value = fieldInfo.GetValue(instance);
if (value == null)
return;
sb.Append(fieldInfo.Name);
sb.Append(" = ");
OutputPropertyValue(sb, value);
sb.Append(", ");
}
private static void AppendPropertyValue(StringBuilder sb, PropertyInfo property, object instance)
{
if (!property.CanWrite)
return;
var index = property.GetIndexParameters();
if (index.Length == 0)
{
object value = property.GetValue(instance, null);
if (value == null)
return;
sb.Append(property.Name);
sb.Append(" = ");
OutputPropertyValue(sb, value);
sb.Append(", ");
} else
{
foreach (var parameterInfo in index)
{
object value = property.GetValue(instance, new object[] { parameterInfo.Position } );
if (value == null)
return;
sb.Append(property.Name);
sb.Append(" = ");
OutputPropertyValue(sb, value);
sb.Append(", ");
}
}
}
private static void OutputPropertyValue(StringBuilder sb, object value)
{
Type t = value.GetType();
if (t.IsPrimitive)
{
sb.Append(value.ToString());
return;
}
if (value is string)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty((string)value))
{
sb.Append("string.Empty");
return;
}
sb.Append("\"" + value.ToString() + "\"");
return;
}
SerialiseObject(sb, t, value);
}
}
}
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mfloryan commented Jun 9, 2011

Must change to tail recursion to prevent stack overflow.

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