mapping dictionary to object c#
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
namespace WebOpsApi.Shared.Helpers
{
public static class MappingExtension
{
public static T ToObject<T>(this IDictionary<string, object> source)
where T : class, new()
{
var someObject = new T();
var someObjectType = someObject.GetType();
foreach (var item in source)
{
var key = char.ToUpper(item.Key[0]) + item.Key.Substring(1);
var targetProperty = someObjectType.GetProperty(key);
if (targetProperty.PropertyType == typeof (string))
{
targetProperty.SetValue(someObject, item.Value);
}
else
{
var parseMethod = targetProperty.PropertyType.GetMethod("TryParse",
BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static, null,
new[] {typeof (string), targetProperty.PropertyType.MakeByRefType()}, null);
if (parseMethod != null)
{
var parameters = new[] { item.Value, null };
var success = (bool)parseMethod.Invoke(null, parameters);
if (success)
{
targetProperty.SetValue(someObject, parameters[1]);
}
}
}
}
return someObject;
}
public static IDictionary<string, object> AsDictionary(this object source, BindingFlags bindingAttr = BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)
{
return source.GetType().GetProperties(bindingAttr).ToDictionary
(
propInfo => propInfo.Name,
propInfo => propInfo.GetValue(source, null)
);
}
}
}