Question

There is a ParsedTemplate class that it has over 300 property (typed Details and BlockDetails). The parsedTemplate object will be fill by a function. After filling this object I need a LINQ (or other way) to find is there any property like “body” or “img” where IsExist=false and Priority="high".

public class Details
{
    public bool IsExist { get; set; }
    public string Priority { get; set; }
}

public class BlockDetails : Details
{
    public string Block { get; set; }
}

public class ParsedTemplate
{
    public BlockDetails body { get; set; }
    public BlockDetails a { get; set; }
    public Details img { get; set; }
    ...
}

Answer 1

You’re going to need to write your own method to make this appetizing. Fortunately, it doesn’t need to be long. Something like:

static IEnumerable<Details> GetDetails(ParsedTemplate parsedTemplate)
{
    return from p in typeof(ParsedTemplate).GetProperties()
           where typeof(Details).IsAssignableFrom(p.PropertyType)
           select (Details)p.GetValue(parsedTemplate, null);
}

You could then, if you wanted to check if any property “exists” on a ParsedTemplate object, for example, use LINQ:

var existingDetails = from d in GetDetails(parsedTemplate)
                      where d.IsExist
                      select d;