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September 7, 2016 03:53
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Object graph walker that will clean up empty array, generic collection and string
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using System; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
using System.Reflection; | |
namespace Foo | |
{ | |
public static class ObjectExtensions | |
{ | |
public static void NullifyEmptyProperties(this object o) | |
{ | |
if (o == null) return; | |
var t = o.GetType(); | |
var props = t.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.GetProperty | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly); | |
foreach (var p in props) | |
{ | |
var propType = p.PropertyType; | |
if (propType.IsArray) | |
{ | |
var a = (Array)p.GetValue(o); | |
if (a.Length == 0) | |
{ | |
p.SetValue(o, null); | |
continue; | |
} | |
for (var i = 0; i < a.Length; i++) | |
{ | |
var item = a.GetValue(i); | |
var s1 = item as string; | |
if (s1 != null) | |
{ | |
var s = s1; | |
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s)) | |
{ | |
a.SetValue(null, i); | |
continue; | |
} | |
} | |
NullifyEmptyProperties(item); | |
} | |
continue; | |
} | |
if (propType.IsGenericType) | |
{ | |
var g = p.GetValue(o); | |
var al = (int)propType.GetProperty("Count").GetValue(g); | |
if (al == 0) | |
{ | |
p.SetValue(o, null); | |
continue; | |
} | |
for (var i = 0; i < al; i++) | |
{ | |
var item = propType.GetMethod("get_Item").Invoke(g, new object[] { i }); | |
var s1 = item as string; | |
if (s1 != null) | |
{ | |
var s = s1; | |
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s)) | |
{ | |
propType.GetMethod("set_Item").Invoke(g, new object[] {i, null}); | |
continue; | |
} | |
} | |
NullifyEmptyProperties(item); | |
} | |
continue; | |
} | |
if (propType.IsPrimitive) | |
{ | |
continue; | |
} | |
if (propType.IsValueType) | |
{ | |
continue; | |
} | |
if (propType == typeof(string)) | |
{ | |
var s = (string) p.GetValue(o); | |
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s)) | |
{ | |
p.SetValue(o, null); | |
continue; | |
} | |
} | |
var v = p.GetValue(o); | |
NullifyEmptyProperties(v); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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