#region License and Copyright
/*
* Dotnet Commons Reflection
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
* for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 59 Temple Place,
* Suite 330,
* Boston,
* MA 02111-1307
* USA
*
*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Text;
namespace Dotnet.Commons.Reflection
{
/// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
///
/// This utility class contains a rich sets of utility methods that perform operations
/// on objects during runtime such as copying of property and field values
/// between 2 objects, deep cloning of objects, etc.
///
/// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
public abstract class ObjectUtils
{
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
///
/// Get a property value given its name
///
/// object to inspect
/// Name of the property to retrieve the value from
/// property value
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
public static Object GetProperty(object srcObj, string propertyName)
{
PropertyInfo propInfoObj = srcObj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);
if (propInfoObj == null)
return null;
// Get the value from property.
object srcValue = srcObj
.GetType()
.InvokeMember(propInfoObj.Name,
BindingFlags.GetProperty,
null,
srcObj,
null);
return srcValue;
}
///
/// Get a property value given its name.
///
/// object to inspect
/// Name of the property to retrieve the value from
/// ignore case sensitivity with the supplied property name.
/// value of the Property request if found, null otherwise.
/// This method will get property in any scope, including public and non public,
/// instance and static.
public static Object GetProperty(object srcObj, string propertyName, bool ignoreCase)
{
PropertyInfo propInfoObj;
BindingFlags bindingAttrs = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
bindingAttrs = (ignoreCase)? bindingAttrs | BindingFlags.IgnoreCase : bindingAttrs;
propInfoObj = srcObj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName, bindingAttrs);
if (propInfoObj == null)
return null;
// Get the value from property.
object srcValue = srcObj
.GetType()
.InvokeMember(propInfoObj.Name,
BindingFlags.GetProperty,
null,
srcObj,
null);
return srcValue;
}
}
}