After another day of trial and error I decided to make use of Selman22 answer with a little modification. This is code I created:
public class TestObject : iTestObject
{
// Declare fields
[FieldAttr("prop_testfld1")]
public FLDtype1 testfld1 = new FLDtype1();
[FieldAttr("prop_testfld2")]
public FLDtype2 testfld2 = new FLDtype2();
[FieldAttr("prop_testfld3")]
public FLDtype1 testfld3;
}
public class FLDtype1 : iField
{
public string Value { get; set; }
}
public class FLDtype2 : iField
{
public Guid Value { get; set; }
}
public sealed class FieldAttr: System.Attribute
{
private string _txt;
public FieldAttr(string txt)
{
this._txt = txt;
}
public string Text { get { return this._txt; } }
}
public interface iField { }
public interface iTestObject { }
public static class Extensions
{
public static FieldAttr GetFieldAttr<T>(this T source, Expression<Func<iField>> field) where T : iTestObject
{
// Get member body. If no body present, return null
MemberExpression member = (MemberExpression)field.Body;
if (member == null) { return null; }
// Get field info. If no field info present, return null
FieldInfo fieldType = typeof(T).GetField(member.Member.Name);
if (fieldType == null) { return null; }
// Return custom attribute
return fieldType.GetCustomAttribute<FieldAttr>();
}
}
Usage:
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
TestObject test = new TestObject();
Console.WriteLine(test.GetFieldAttr(() => test.testfld1).Text);
Console.WriteLine(test.GetFieldAttr(() => test.testfld2).Text);
Console.WriteLine(test.GetFieldAttr(() => test.testfld3).Text);
}
}
Uses:
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
I have implemented interfaces to protect the GetFieldAttr method
@Sulman22: Thnx for the response!