/Code/Platform/Channels/Extensions/ObjectExtensions.cs

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.IO;

using System.Linq;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Text;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

using Inbox2.Platform.Channels.Entities;

using Inbox2.Platform.Interfaces;



namespace Inbox2.Platform.Channels.Extensions

{

	public static class ObjectExtensions

	{

		public static IEnumerable<PropertyValue> GetProperties(this object o)

		{

			if (o != null)

			{

				PropertyDescriptorCollection props = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(o);

				foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in props)

				{

					object val = prop.GetValue(o);

					if (val != null)

					{

						yield return new PropertyValue { Name = prop.Name, Value = val };

					}

				}

			}

		}

	}



	public sealed class PropertyValue

	{

		private object value;



		public string Name { get; set; }			

		

		public object Value

		{

			get

			{

				if (value == null)

					return null;



				if (value is DateTime)

					return ((DateTime)value).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");



				if (value is Boolean)

					return ((bool)value) ? 1 : 0;



				if (value is SourceAddress)

					return ((SourceAddress) value).ToString(true);



				if (value is IPersistXml)

				{

					using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())

					{

						XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(value.GetType());

						ser.Serialize(ms, value);



						ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);



						using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms))

							return sr.ReadToEnd();

					}

				}



				return value.ToString();

			}

			set

			{

				this.value = value;

			}

		}

	}

}