Question

I would like to be able to print object properties, and I’ve hit a snag when I hit nested collections of the iLists.

foreach (PropertyInformation p in properties)             {                 //Ensure IList type, then perform recursive call                 if (p.PropertyType.IsGenericType)                 {                          //  recursive call to  PrintListProperties<p.type?>((IList)p,'       ');                 } 

Can anyone please offer some help?

Cheers

KA

Answer 1

I’m just thinking aloud here. Maybe you can have a non generic PrintListProperties method that looks something like this:

private void PrintListProperties(IList list, Type type) {    //reflect over type and use that when enumerating the list } 

Then, when you come across a nested list, do something like this:

if (p.PropertyType.IsGenericType) {    PringListProperties((Ilist)p,p.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments()[0]); } 

Again, haven’t tested this, but give it a whirl…