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) ); } } }