Why this code is not working ?
Hello !
I'm trying to implement a code that create a copy of a entity Framework Object and its related childs that I want to be copied.
This is my code :
Code:
Imports System.Data.Objects
Imports System.Data.Objects.DataClasses
Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices
Public Module Entities
<Extension()>
Public Function CloneEntity(Of T As Class)(entity As T, context As ObjectContext, Optional include As List(Of IncludeEntity) = Nothing, Optional copyKeys As Boolean = False) As T
Return CloneEntityHelper(entity, context, include, copyKeys)
End Function
Private Function CloneEntityHelper(Of T As Class)(entity As T, context As ObjectContext, Optional include As List(Of IncludeEntity) = Nothing, Optional copyKeys As Boolean = False) As T
If include Is Nothing Then include = New List(Of IncludeEntity)()
Dim myType = entity.GetType()
Dim methodInfo = context.GetType().GetMethod("CreateObject").MakeGenericMethod(myType)
Dim result = methodInfo.Invoke(context, Nothing)
Dim propertyInfo = entity.GetType().GetProperties()
For Each info In propertyInfo
Dim attributes = info.GetCustomAttributes(GetType(EdmScalarPropertyAttribute), False).ToList()
For Each attr As EdmScalarPropertyAttribute In attributes
If (Not copyKeys) AndAlso attr.EntityKeyProperty
Continue For
End If
info.SetValue(result, info.GetValue(entity, Nothing), Nothing)
Next
If info.PropertyType.Name.Equals("EntityCollection`1", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) Then
Dim shouldInclude = include.SingleOrDefault(Function(i) i.Name.Equals(info.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
If shouldInclude Is Nothing Then Continue For
Dim relatedChildren = info.GetValue(entity, Nothing)
Dim propertyType As Type = relatedChildren.GetType().GetGenericArguments().First()
Dim genericType As Type = GetType(EntityCollection(Of ))
Dim boundType = genericType.MakeGenericType(propertyType)
Dim children = Activator.CreateInstance(boundType)
For Each child In relatedChildren
Dim cloneChild = CloneEntityHelper(child, context, shouldInclude.Children, shouldInclude.CopyKeys)
children.Add(cloneChild)
Next
info.SetValue(result, children, Nothing)
End If
Next
Return result
End Function
Public Class IncludeEntity
Public Property Name As String
Public Property Children As New List(Of IncludeEntity)
Public Property CopyKeys As Boolean
Public Sub New(propertyName As String, ParamArray childNodes() As String)
Name = propertyName
Children = childNodes.Select(Function(n) new IncludeEntity(n)).ToList()
End Sub
End Class
End Module
Now , I;m using the code as below :
Code:
Dim litm, newitm As New MyObject
Dim inc = New List(Of IncludeEntity)()
inc.Add(New IncludeEntity("Child_list"))
litm=context.MyObjects.FirstOrDefault
newitm = litm.CloneEntity(CType(context, Entity.Infrastructure.IObjectContextAdapter).ObjectContext,include:=inc)
The code is executed without errors, but nothing is copied, so newitm is just an object with all the values Nothing.
I have insepected my function CloneEntityHelper , and I found that maybe the problem may be this line :
Code:
Dim attributes = info.GetCustomAttributes(GetType(EdmScalarPropertyAttribute), False).ToList()
The attributes always have the Length=0.
Maybe is another problem.
Can you detect a problem why this code is not working ?
Thank you !