I have a DTO that looks like this:
public class MyDto
{
[MyAttribute("attribute1")]
public string Property1 {get;set;}
[MyAttribute("attribute2")]
public string Property2 {get;set;}
}
If I have the string "attribute1", how do I use that to get to the value of Property1 in an instance of MyDto?
Use Reflection. Unfortunately, there's no way to obtain the property from an attribute: you have to iterate through each property and check its attribute.
Not the most robust code, but try this:
public class MyAttributeAttribute : Attribute
{
public MyAttributeAttribute(string value)
{
Value=value;
}
public string Value { get; private set; }
}
public class MyDto
{
[MyAttribute("attribute1")]
public string Property1 { get; set; }
[MyAttribute("attribute2")]
public string Property2 { get; set; }
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
MyDto dto=new MyDto() { Property1="Value1", Property2="Value2" };
string value=GetValueOf<string>(dto, "attribute1");
// value = "Value1"
}
public static T GetValueOf<T>(MyDto dto, string description)
{
if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(description))
{
throw new InvalidOperationException();
}
var props=typeof(MyDto).GetProperties().ToArray();
foreach(var prop in props)
{
var atts=prop.GetCustomAttributes(false);
foreach(var att in atts)
{
if(att is MyAttributeAttribute)
{
string value=(att as MyAttributeAttribute).Value;
if(description.Equals(value))
{
return (T)prop.GetValue(dto, null);
}
}
}
}
return default(T);
}
}
