Class ObjectExtensions

Provide general purpose extension methods

Inheritance

System.Object

ObjectExtensions

Namespace: PnP.Framework.Extensions

Assembly: PnP.Framework.dll

Syntax

public static class ObjectExtensions : object

Methods

GetPublicInstanceProperty(Object, String)

Retrieves a public, instance property

Declaration

public static PropertyInfo GetPublicInstanceProperty(this object source, string propertyName)

Parameters

System.Object source The source object

System.String propertyName The property name, case insensitive

Returns

PropertyInfo The property, if any

GetPublicInstancePropertyValue(Object, String)

Retrieves the value of a public, instance property

Declaration

public static Object GetPublicInstancePropertyValue(this object source, string propertyName)

Parameters

System.Object source The source object

System.String propertyName The property name, case insensitive

Returns

Object The property value, if any

NullIfEmpty(String)

Nullify a string when it's an empty one

Declaration

public static string NullIfEmpty(this string value)

Parameters

System.String value

Returns

System.String

Set<TObject, T>(TObject, Expression<Func<TObject, T>>, T, Boolean, Boolean)

Set an object field or property and returns if the value was changed.

Declaration

public static bool Set<TObject, T>(this TObject target, Expression<Func<TObject, T>> propertyToSet, T valueToSet, bool allowNull = true, bool allowEmpty = true)

Parameters

TObject target target object

Expression<Func<TObject, T>> propertyToSet Expression to the property or field of the object

T valueToSet new value to set

System.Boolean allowNull continue with set operation is null value is specified

System.Boolean allowEmpty continue with set operation is null or empty value is specified

Returns

System.Boolean true if the value has changed, otherwise false

Type Parameters

TObject Type of the target object

T T of the property

SetPublicInstancePropertyValue(Object, String, Object)

Sets the value of a public, instance property

Declaration

public static void SetPublicInstancePropertyValue(this object source, string propertyName, object value)

Parameters

System.Object source The source object

System.String propertyName The property name, case insensitive

System.Object value The value to set