/*
Copyright (c) 2010 James Craig
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#region Usings
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Collections;
#endregion
namespace Utilities
{
///
/// Utility class that handles various
/// functions dealing with reflection.
///
public static class Reflection
{
///
/// Gets a property's type
///
/// object who contains the property
/// Path of the property (ex: Prop1.Prop2.Prop3 would be
/// the Prop1 of the source object, which then has a Prop2 on it, which in turn
/// has a Prop3 on it.)
/// The type of the property specified or null if it can not be reached.
public static Type GetPropertyType(object SourceObject, string PropertyPath)
{
try
{
if (SourceObject == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(PropertyPath))
return null;
string[] Splitter = { "." };
string[] SourceProperties = PropertyPath.Split(Splitter, StringSplitOptions.None);
object TempSourceProperty = SourceObject;
Type PropertyType = SourceObject.GetType();
PropertyInfo PropertyInfo = null;
for (int x = 0; x < SourceProperties.Length; ++x)
{
PropertyInfo = PropertyType.GetProperty(SourceProperties[x]);
PropertyType = PropertyInfo.PropertyType;
}
return PropertyType;
}
catch { throw; }
}
///
/// Gets a property's type
///
/// Object type
/// Path of the property (ex: Prop1.Prop2.Prop3 would be
/// the Prop1 of the source object, which then has a Prop2 on it, which in turn
/// has a Prop3 on it.)
/// The type of the property specified or null if it can not be reached.
public static Type GetPropertyType(string PropertyPath)
{
try
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(PropertyPath))
return null;
Type ObjectType = typeof(T);
object Object = ObjectType.Assembly.CreateInstance(ObjectType.FullName);
return GetPropertyType(Object, PropertyPath);
}
catch { throw; }
}
}
}