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// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
// Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
// http://github.com/jskeet/dotnet-protobufs/
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// http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
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#endregion
using System;
using System.Reflection;
namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers
{
///
/// Utilities for arbitrary messages of an unknown type. This class does not use
/// generics precisely because it is designed for dynamically discovered types.
///
public static class MessageUtil
{
///
/// Returns the default message for the given type. If an exception is thrown
/// (directly from this code), the message will be suitable to be displayed to a user.
///
///
/// The type parameter is null.
/// The type doesn't implement IMessage, or doesn't
/// have a static DefaultMessage property of the same type, or is generic or abstract.
///
public static IMessage GetDefaultMessage(Type type)
{
if (type == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("type", "No type specified.");
}
if (type.IsAbstract || type.IsGenericTypeDefinition)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Unable to get a default message for an abstract or generic type (" +
type.FullName + ")");
}
if (!typeof (IMessage).IsAssignableFrom(type))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Unable to get a default message for non-message type (" + type.FullName +
")");
}
PropertyInfo property = type.GetProperty("DefaultInstance",
BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
if (property == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException(type.FullName + " doesn't have a static DefaultInstance property");
}
if (property.PropertyType != type)
{
throw new ArgumentException(type.FullName + ".DefaultInstance property is of the wrong type");
}
return (IMessage) property.GetValue(null, null);
}
///
/// Returns the default message for the type with the given name. This is just
/// a convenience wrapper around calling Type.GetType and then GetDefaultMessage.
/// If an exception is thrown, the message will be suitable to be displayed to a user.
///
///
/// The typeName parameter is null.
/// The type doesn't implement IMessage, or doesn't
/// have a static DefaultMessage property of the same type, or can't be found.
public static IMessage GetDefaultMessage(string typeName)
{
if (typeName == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("typeName", "No type name specified.");
}
Type type = Type.GetType(typeName);
if (type == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Unable to load type " + typeName);
}
return GetDefaultMessage(type);
}
}
}