Helper to display the “contents” of the Value Object

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#region License and Copyright
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 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
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 */

#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Text;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.Reflection
{
  /// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  /// <summary>  
  /// This utility class contains a rich sets of utility methods that perform operations 
  /// on objects during runtime such as copying of property and field values
  /// between 2 objects, deep cloning of objects, etc.  
  /// </summary>
  /// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  public abstract class ObjectUtils
  {

    /// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /// <summary>
    /// Helper to display the "contents" of the Value Object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="valueObject"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    /// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public static string ConvertToString(object valueObject) 
    {
      StringBuilder buffy = new StringBuilder(valueObject.GetType().FullName);


      // null objects cannot be reflected
      if(valueObject == null) 
      {
        buffy.Append(" is null.");
        return buffy.ToString();
      }

      buffy.Append("[
");
      foreach(PropertyInfo objProperty in valueObject.GetType().GetProperties())
      {
        string nvp;

        nvp = "  <<Property>> " + "<" + objProperty.PropertyType + "> " + objProperty.Name+"=";

        if (objProperty != null) 
        {
          object   value = valueObject
                   .GetType()
                   .InvokeMember(objProperty.Name,
                          BindingFlags.GetProperty,
                          null,
                          valueObject,
                          null);

          buffy.Append(nvp+value.ToString()+"
");
        }
        else          
        {
          buffy.Append(nvp+"<null>
");
        }
      }

      foreach(FieldInfo objField in valueObject.GetType().GetFields())
      {
        string nvp;

        nvp = "  <<Field>> " + "<" + objField.FieldType + "> " + objField.Name +"=";

        if (objField != null) 
        {
          object   value = valueObject.GetType().InvokeMember(objField.Name,
                                    BindingFlags.GetField,                                    
                                    null,
                                    valueObject,
                                    null);

          buffy.Append(nvp+value.ToString()+"
");
        }
        else          
        {
          buffy.Append(nvp+"<null>
");
        }
      }
      // ----------- End ---------
      buffy.Append("]");
      return buffy.ToString();
    }

    }
}

   
     


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