DataDictionary

A dictionary wrapper that converts all complex values to Dictionary<string, object> or IEnumerable<Dictionary<string, object>> objects.

Furthermore object in <string, object> will always be one of the following:

• a simple type (string, boolean, int, DateTime, etc...)
• an array of type
  • DataDictionary
  • simple type
• DataDictionary

Example

Anonymous Object example

var source = new {
    Date = DateTime.Now,
    Target = new {
        Name = "PrepublishScript",
        BeforeTargets = "PrepareForPublish"
    },
    Exec = new[] {
        new { Command = "npm install" },
        new { Command = "bower install" },
        new { Command = @"node node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js" }
    }
};
dd = DataDictionary.From(source);

Generates:

Class example

class Person
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int Age { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<Person> Children { get; set; }
}

void Main()
{

  var person = new Person()
  {
    Name = "Charlotte",
    Age = 34,
    Children = new [] {
      new Person { Name = "Jane" , Age = 5 }
    }
 };

  var dd = DataDictionary.From(person);
}

Generates:

JSON parsing

string json = @"{
  'title': 'Person',
  'type': 'object',
    'properties': {
    'firstName': {
      'type': 'string'
    },
    'lastName': {
      'type': 'string'
    },
    'age': {
      'description': 'Age in years',
      'type': 'integer',
      'minimum': 0,
      'foo': null
    }
  },
  'required': ['firstName', 'lastName'],
  'people': [ ]
}";

var dd = DataDictionary.ParseJson(json);

Helper methods

var dd = DataDictionary.ParseJson(json);
dd.Flatten();

dynamic d = dd.ToExpandoObject();
d.properties.age.type; 

// integer