TryParse arrays of struct

[SeveQ]

Hello there,

just trying your lib. Works great so far. But one thing I'd like to
ask: is it anyhow possible to TryCast an array of struct objects into
a .NET array of class objects?

I'd like to cast something like

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<methodResponse>
<params>
<param>
<value><array>
<data>
<value><struct>
<member><name>Filename</name>
<value><string>testfile.txt</string></value>
</member>
<member><name>Filesize</name>
<value><int>123</int></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member><name>Filename</name>
<value><string>blahblubbfile.txt</string></value>
</member>
<member><name>Filesize</name>
<value><int>123</int></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
<value><struct>
<member><name>Filename</name>
<value><string>blahblahfile.txt</string></value>
</member>
<member><name>Filesize</name>
<value><int>123</int></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
</data>
</array></value>
</param>
</params>
</methodResponse>

into an array of .NET objects that each has the properties Filename
and Filesize. Is your lib already capable of doing this?

Thanks!

Hendrik

[Uday Verma]

Yeah, I think so.  Please don't take my word for it though.  I haven't worked with the lib in a while now, and am just maintaining it here and there.

I think you can try casting this response into a List<YouClass> type .. I think that should work, in case it doesn't let me know, because I think it is supposed to.

If you have mixed types in your response, which I think you don't, you can try casting to List<object> and do your own introspection and casting.

Cheers,

--
Uday
http://soundc.de/

[SeveQ]

Well, I tried it successfully. The only thing I've had to change was
the ParseClass method since it was only able to fill fields, not
properties. I changed it to the following and now it works at least
the way I like it. Maybe someone should add a little more error
handling. :)

Quick & dirty:

private static object ParseClass(Type toType, object toCast)
{
// parse and return
//
object ret = Activator.CreateInstance(toType);
Dictionary<string, object> val = toCast as
Dictionary<string, object>;

try
{
FieldInfo[] fields = toType.GetFields();
PropertyInfo[] properties = toType.GetProperties();

foreach (FieldInfo fi in fields)
{
string key = fi.Name.ToLower();
if (ContainsKey(val, key))
{
// we found the value
fi.SetValue(ret, GetValue(val, key));
}
else
{
throw new Exception("The cast is not valid.
Field name: " + fi.Name + " does not exist in the XmlResponse");
}
}

foreach(PropertyInfo pr in properties)
{
string key = pr.Name.ToLower();
if(ContainsKey(val, key))
{
pr.SetValue(ret, GetValue(val, key), null);
}
else
{
throw new Exception("The cast is not valid.
Property name: " + pr.Name + " does not exist in the XmlResponse");
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Parse error: " +
e.Message);
ret = null;
}

return ret;

}



On Jul 25, 4:24 pm, Uday Verma <uday.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I think so.  Please don't take my word for it though.  I haven't
> worked with the lib in a while now, and am just maintaining it here and
> there.
> I think you can try casting this response into a List<YouClass> type .. I
> think that should work, in case it doesn't let me know, because I think it
> is supposed to.
>
> If you have mixed types in your response, which I think you don't, you can
> try casting to List<object> and do your own introspection and casting.
>
> Cheers,
>

[Uday Verma]

Nice! .. looks great.  If you want, I can give you write access to the repository and you can check in the changes?

--
Uday
http://soundc.de/

[SeveQ]

Yeah, sure. Can't promise I'll make it today, but I'll see what I can
do.

On Jul 25, 5:16 pm, Uday Verma <uday.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice! .. looks great.  If you want, I can give you write access to the
> repository and you can check in the changes?
>

[Uday Verma]

Sorry took me a while to get back to you.  Do you have some sort of google credentials I can use to make you a contributor on the project?

--
Uday
http://soundc.de/

[SeveQ]

That's okay. It's not my top priority project. Actually, it's just a
hobby. Nothing commercial, nothing a customer waits for. So...
doesn't matter. What kind of credentials do you need?

On Jul 29, 8:42 pm, Uday Verma <uday.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry took me a while to get back to you.  Do you have some sort of google
> credentials I can use to make you a contributor on the project?
>

[Uday Verma]

That's cool, you can take your time to check in the changes, no rush.

I don't know, some kind of an id, usually a gmail address or something that you can use to checkout the code in read/write mode, it would be the credentials you use to use google services I guess.

--
Uday
http://soundc.de/

[SeveQ]

Okay, I've had some other things to do as well. Here I am again.

Well, to login into Google I basically use the email address I also
use in this group: webm...@syncro-community.de. So I guess you can
use it to make me a member of the project.

On 30 Jul., 16:50, Uday Verma <uday.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's cool, you can take your time to check in the changes, no rush.
>
> I don't know, some kind of an id, usually a gmail address or something that
> you can use to checkout the code in read/write mode, it would be the
> credentials you use to use google services I guess.
>

[Uday Verma]

great! .. I have added you as a project owner.

--
Uday
http://soundc.de/

[SeveQ]

Thanks a lot. Have already checked in my changes (r15).

On 17 Aug., 17:08, Uday Verma <uday.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> great! .. I have added you as a project owner.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:48 AM, SeveQ<webmas...@syncro-community.de> wrote:
>
> > Okay, I've had some other things to do as well. Here I am again.
>
> > Well, to login into Google I basically use the email address I also

> > use in this group: webmas...@syncro-community.de. So I guess you can