I was able to solve it identifying if the property name have a period and recurring it:
public static T Bind<T>(this T @this,
Dictionary<string, object> newValues,
params string[] exceptions) where T : class
{
var sourceType = @this.GetType();
var binding = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance;
foreach (var pair in newValues.Where(v => !exceptions.Contains(v.Key)))
{
if(pair.Key.Contains("."))
{
var property = sourceType.GetProperty(
pair.Key.Split('.').First(),
binding | BindingFlags.GetProperty);
var value = property.GetValue(@this, null);
value.Bind(new Dictionary<string, object>
{
{
String.Join(".", pair.Key.Split('.').Skip(1).ToArray()),
pair.Value
}
});
}
else
{
var property = sourceType.GetProperty(pair.Key,
binding | BindingFlags.SetProperty);
var propType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(property.PropertyType) ??
property.PropertyType;
property.SetValue(@this, (pair.Value == null) ? null :
Convert.ChangeType(pair.Value, propType), null);
}
}
return @this;
}
Usage:
var user = new User {Address = new Address{ User = new User() }};
var values = new Dictionary<string, object>()
{
{"Name", "Sample"},
{"Date", DateTime.Today},
{"Address.PostalCode", "12345"},
{"Address.User.Name", "Sub Sample"}
};
user.Bind(values);
public class User
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public DateTime Date { get; set; }
public Address Address { get; set; }
}
public class Address
{
public string PostalCode { get; set; }
public User User { get; set; }
}