Hi There
I am learning about reflection so apologies if this post is vague ...
I am doing some unit testing and have written a function that accepts
two objects and tests to see if their properties are equal. It seems
to work OK except when a object has a property that is an array.
The GetValue method of the PropertyInfo class returns an object, and I
want to convert it to an array of objects. For some reason, this
fails:
object[] objectArray = (object[])myObject;
However if I know the type, then it works. For example:
SecurityRoles[] rolesArray = (SecurityRoles[])object;
The problem is that I don't know the type at design time ! I tried to
do this:
propInfo.Proper tyType[] objectArray =
(propInfo.Prope rtyType[])myObject;
But it did not compile (ps ... propInfo is an instance of the
PropertyInfo class).
The code listing for my function is below. I would really appreciate
any guidance!
Thanks
Bill
using System;
using System.Reflecti on;
namespace ServerTest
{
public static class ObjectComparer
{
/// <summary>
/// This function compares any two objects properties. It will
recursively search down through nested properties
/// WARNING - It only compares properties that are one of the
following string, char, short, int, long, bool, DateTime, Enum
/// *** IT IGNORES ANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE ARRAYS ***
/// </summary>
/// <param name="thisType" >The type of the two objects</param>
/// <param name="leftObjec t"></param>
/// <param name="rightObje ct"></param>
/// <returns>True to indicate that the objects are equal.
False otherwise</returns>
public static bool AreTheseObjectE qual(Type thisType, object
leftObject, object rightObject)
{
if (leftObject == null && rightObject == null)
return true;
if (leftObject == null || rightObject == null)
return false;
PropertyInfo[] fields = thisType.GetPro perties();
foreach (PropertyInfo propInfo in fields)
{
if (propInfo.Prope rtyType.IsArray )
{
//*************** *************** *************** *************** *************** ******
//Property is an array, need to iterate through the
elements and compare them
//*************** *************** *************** *************** *************** ******
//object lhs = propInfo.GetVal ue(leftObject, null);
//object rhs = propInfo.GetVal ue(rightObject,
null);
////This does not work
//object[] lhsArray = (object[])lhs;
//object[] rhsArray = (object[])rhs;
////If the above worked, I could then do this:
//if (lhsArray.Lengt h != rhsArray.Length )
// return false;
//else
//{
// for (int i = 0; i < lhsArray.Length ; i++)
// {
// if (false ==
AreTheseObjectE qual(propInfo.P ropertyType,
(object)lhsArra y[i],(object)rhsArr ay[i]))
// return false;
// }
//}
//BUT .... If I knew the type then this would
work:
//STE.Model.Secur ityRoles[] secRolesLHS =
(STE.Model.Secu rityRoles[])lhs;
//STE.Model.Secur ityRoles[] secRolesRHS =
(STE.Model.Secu rityRoles[])rhs;
//But I don't know the type at run time
}
else
{
object lhs = propInfo.GetVal ue(leftObject, null);
object rhs = propInfo.GetVal ue(rightObject, null);
if (propInfo.Prope rtyType.IsEnum)
{
if (lhs.ToString() != rhs.ToString())
return false;
}
else if (lhs is string)
{
if (false == rhs is string)
return false;
if ((string)lhs != (string)rhs)
return false;
}
else if (lhs is char)
{
if (false == rhs is char)
return false;
if ((char)lhs != (char)rhs)
return false;
}
else if (lhs is bool)
{
if (false == rhs is bool)
return false;
if ((bool)lhs != (bool)rhs)
return false;
}
else if (lhs is short)
{
if (false == rhs is short)
return false;
if ((long)lhs != (long)rhs)
return false;
}
else if (lhs is int)
{
if (false == rhs is int)
return false;
if ((int)lhs != (int)rhs)
return false;
}
else if (lhs is long)
{
if (false == rhs is long)
return false;
if ((long)lhs != (long)rhs)
return false;
}
else if (lhs is DateTime)
{
if (false == rhs is DateTime)
return false;
if ((DateTime)lhs != (DateTime)rhs)
return false;
}
else
{
PropertyInfo[] nestedFields =
propInfo.Proper tyType.GetPrope rties();
if (nestedFields.L ength > 0)
{
if (false ==
AreTheseObjectE qual(propInfo.P ropertyType,
propInfo.GetVal ue(leftObject, null), propInfo.GetVal ue(rightObject,
null)))
return false;
}
}
}
}
return true;
}
}
} 4 1741
Thats not so hard to do:
//...
PropertyInfo[] fields = thisType.GetPro perties();
foreach (PropertyInfo propInfo in fields) {
if (propInfo.Prope rtyType.IsArray ) {
object val = propInfo.GetVal ue(angel, null);
IEnumerator ie = ((System.Array) val).GetEnumera tor();
while(ie.MoveNe xt()) {
//Now we have the individual object in the array
Console.WriteLi ne(ie.Current.G etType().ToStri ng());
}
}
//...
}
Hi,
Ashura's post should solve your problem, I just want to remember you that if
a property has a reference type you are comparing references ( if both
instances refers to the very same instance, not two instances with same
values).
cheers,
--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
<or*******@yaho o.com.au> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ g49g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. . Hi There
I am learning about reflection so apologies if this post is vague ...
I am doing some unit testing and have written a function that accepts two objects and tests to see if their properties are equal. It seems to work OK except when a object has a property that is an array.
The GetValue method of the PropertyInfo class returns an object, and I want to convert it to an array of objects. For some reason, this fails:
object[] objectArray = (object[])myObject;
However if I know the type, then it works. For example:
SecurityRoles[] rolesArray = (SecurityRoles[])object;
The problem is that I don't know the type at design time ! I tried to do this:
propInfo.Proper tyType[] objectArray = (propInfo.Prope rtyType[])myObject;
But it did not compile (ps ... propInfo is an instance of the PropertyInfo class).
The code listing for my function is below. I would really appreciate any guidance!
Thanks Bill
using System; using System.Reflecti on;
namespace ServerTest { public static class ObjectComparer { /// <summary> /// This function compares any two objects properties. It will recursively search down through nested properties /// WARNING - It only compares properties that are one of the following string, char, short, int, long, bool, DateTime, Enum /// *** IT IGNORES ANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE ARRAYS *** /// </summary> /// <param name="thisType" >The type of the two objects</param> /// <param name="leftObjec t"></param> /// <param name="rightObje ct"></param> /// <returns>True to indicate that the objects are equal. False otherwise</returns> public static bool AreTheseObjectE qual(Type thisType, object leftObject, object rightObject) { if (leftObject == null && rightObject == null) return true;
if (leftObject == null || rightObject == null) return false;
PropertyInfo[] fields = thisType.GetPro perties();
foreach (PropertyInfo propInfo in fields) { if (propInfo.Prope rtyType.IsArray ) {
//*************** *************** *************** *************** *************** ****** //Property is an array, need to iterate through the elements and compare them
//*************** *************** *************** *************** *************** ******
//object lhs = propInfo.GetVal ue(leftObject, null); //object rhs = propInfo.GetVal ue(rightObject, null);
////This does not work //object[] lhsArray = (object[])lhs; //object[] rhsArray = (object[])rhs;
////If the above worked, I could then do this: //if (lhsArray.Lengt h != rhsArray.Length ) // return false; //else //{ // for (int i = 0; i < lhsArray.Length ; i++) // { // if (false == AreTheseObjectE qual(propInfo.P ropertyType, (object)lhsArra y[i],(object)rhsArr ay[i])) // return false; // } //}
//BUT .... If I knew the type then this would work: //STE.Model.Secur ityRoles[] secRolesLHS = (STE.Model.Secu rityRoles[])lhs; //STE.Model.Secur ityRoles[] secRolesRHS = (STE.Model.Secu rityRoles[])rhs; //But I don't know the type at run time } else { object lhs = propInfo.GetVal ue(leftObject, null); object rhs = propInfo.GetVal ue(rightObject, null);
if (propInfo.Prope rtyType.IsEnum) { if (lhs.ToString() != rhs.ToString()) return false; } else if (lhs is string) { if (false == rhs is string) return false; if ((string)lhs != (string)rhs) return false; } else if (lhs is char) { if (false == rhs is char) return false; if ((char)lhs != (char)rhs) return false; } else if (lhs is bool) { if (false == rhs is bool) return false; if ((bool)lhs != (bool)rhs) return false; } else if (lhs is short) { if (false == rhs is short) return false; if ((long)lhs != (long)rhs) return false; } else if (lhs is int) { if (false == rhs is int) return false; if ((int)lhs != (int)rhs) return false; } else if (lhs is long) { if (false == rhs is long) return false; if ((long)lhs != (long)rhs) return false; } else if (lhs is DateTime) { if (false == rhs is DateTime) return false; if ((DateTime)lhs != (DateTime)rhs) return false; } else { PropertyInfo[] nestedFields = propInfo.Proper tyType.GetPrope rties(); if (nestedFields.L ength > 0) { if (false == AreTheseObjectE qual(propInfo.P ropertyType, propInfo.GetVal ue(leftObject, null), propInfo.GetVal ue(rightObject, null))) return false; } } } } return true; } } }
Unless of course, the reference type overloaded the equality operator.
Great !!! It appears to be working perfectly. Thanks everyone for your help.
If you are interested I have posted the complete code: https://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroup...5-583e484fb370
It is my first foray into reflection and recursion, so I would be interested
in any feedback
Cheers
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