Class Reflector

Helper class for extracting and caching type information The class is thread safe

Inheritance

System.Object

Reflector

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: EPiServer.Data.Dynamic

Assembly: EPiServer.Data.dll

Version: 7.19.2

Syntax

public static class Reflector

Methods

GenerateTypeBag(Type)

Get a Collection of property names to System.Type

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use another overload", true)]
public static Dictionary<string, Type> GenerateTypeBag(Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	The System.Type to get the collection for

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Type>	A Dictionary<string, Type>

GenerateTypeBag(Type, out StoreDefinitionParameters)

Get a Collection of property names to System.Type

Declaration

[Obsolete("Use another overload", true)]
public static Dictionary<string, Type> GenerateTypeBag(Type type, out StoreDefinitionParameters parameters)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	The System.Type to get the collection for
StoreDefinitionParameters	parameters	A StoreDefinitionParameters instance whose member lists will be filled with information collected from property attributes/>

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Type>	A Dictionary<string, Type>

GenerateTypeBag(Type, Boolean)

Get a Collection of property names to System.Type

Declaration

public static Dictionary<string, Type> GenerateTypeBag(Type type, bool excludeIds)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	The System.Type to get the collection for
System.Boolean	excludeIds	`true` if the special id properties should be excluded from the returned type bag, otherwise `false`

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Type>	A Dictionary<string, Type>

GenerateTypeBag(Type, Boolean, out StoreDefinitionParameters)

Get a Collection of property names to System.Type

Declaration

public static Dictionary<string, Type> GenerateTypeBag(Type type, bool excludeIds, out StoreDefinitionParameters parameters)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	The System.Type to get the collection for
System.Boolean	excludeIds	`true` if the special id properties should be excluded from the returned type bag, otherwise `false`
StoreDefinitionParameters	parameters	A StoreDefinitionParameters instance whose member lists will be filled with information collected from property attributes/>

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Type>	A Dictionary<string, Type>

GetProperties(Type, Boolean)

Get a Collection of property names to System.Reflection.PropertyInfo

Declaration

public static Dictionary<string, PropertyInfo> GetProperties(Type type, bool excludeId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	The System.Type to reflect
System.Boolean	excludeId	A System.Boolean indicating if the 'Id' property should be excluded from the collection

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Reflection.PropertyInfo>	A Dictionary<string, PropertyInfo>

GetProperties<T>(Boolean)

Get a Collection of property names to System.Reflection.PropertyInfo

Declaration

public static Dictionary<string, PropertyInfo> GetProperties<T>(bool excludeId)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	excludeId	A System.Boolean indicating if the 'Id' property should be excluded from the collection

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Reflection.PropertyInfo>	A Dictionary<string, PropertyInfo>

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The System.Type to reflect

GetStoreDefinitionParametersForType(Type)

Declaration

public static StoreDefinitionParameters GetStoreDefinitionParametersForType(Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type

Returns

Type	Description
StoreDefinitionParameters

GetStoreDefinitionParametersForType(Type, Boolean)

Declaration

public static StoreDefinitionParameters GetStoreDefinitionParametersForType(Type type, bool excludeIds)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type
System.Boolean	excludeIds

Returns

Type	Description
StoreDefinitionParameters

HasProperty(Type, String)

Returns whether the Type defines the property with name propertyName

Declaration

public static bool HasProperty(Type containerType, string propertyName)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	containerType	The Type to operate on
System.String	propertyName	The name of the property to check for

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	`true` if the Type defines the property, otherwise `false`

IsPropertyOfType(Type, String, Type)

Returns whether the Type defines the property with name propertyName and if it is of Type propertyType

Declaration

public static bool IsPropertyOfType(Type containerType, string propertyName, Type propertyType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	containerType	The Type to operate on
System.String	propertyName	The name of the property to check for
System.Type	propertyType	The Type the property should be

Returns

Type	Description
System.Boolean	`true` if the Type defines the property and it is of the Type specified, otherwise `false`

RemoveFromCache(Type)

Removes type from cache.

Declaration

public static void RemoveFromCache(Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	The System.Type to remove

RemoveFromCache<T>()

Removes the langword_csharp_typeof T from the cache.

Declaration

public static void RemoveFromCache<T>()

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The System.Type to remove