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Light ORM Library for .NET

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This article is about the Light Object-Relational Mapping library.
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Light.Model
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Factory class that builds table models based on class types.
	/// </summary>
	public static class TableFactory
	{
		private const BindingFlags FLAGS = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance;
		private const BindingFlags FLAGS_2 = FLAGS | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly;
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Builds a table model for a given type.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">type for which to build a table model</param>
		/// <returns>table model for a given type</returns>
		public static Table Build(Type type)
		{
			// Check for TableRef attribute - maybe we need to look at another type.
			if(type.IsDefined(typeof(TableRefAttribute), false))
			{
				TableRefAttribute tableref = (TableRefAttribute) type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(TableRefAttribute), false)[0];
				return Build(tableref.RefType);
			}
			
			// Get the table information.
			if(!type.IsDefined(typeof(TableAttribute), false))
				throw new DeclarationException("Type " + type.Name + " does not have the Table attribute.");
			
			TableAttribute tableAttr = (TableAttribute) type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(TableAttribute), false)[0];
			
			// TableAttribute can be without a name, so take the name of the type.
			if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(tableAttr.Name))
				tableAttr.Name = type.Name;
			
			List<AbstractColumn> columns = new List<AbstractColumn>();
			List<Trigger> triggers = new List<Trigger>();
			
			// Process properties, fields, and methods of given type and base types, if needed.
			Type currentType = type;
			TableAttribute currentTable = tableAttr;
			do
			{
				ProcessFields(currentType, columns);
				ProcessProperties(currentType, columns);
				ProcessMappings(currentType, columns);
				ProcessTriggers(currentType, triggers);
				
				if(currentTable == null || !currentTable.Inherit)
					break;
				
				currentType = currentType.BaseType;
				while(currentType.IsDefined(typeof(TableRefAttribute), false))
					currentType = ((TableRefAttribute) currentType.GetCustomAttributes(
						typeof(TableRefAttribute), false)[0]).RefType;
				
				if(currentType.IsDefined(typeof(TableAttribute), false))
					currentTable = (TableAttribute) currentType.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(TableAttribute), false)[0];
				else
					currentTable = null;
			}
			while(true);
			
			// Create a table and return it.
			return new Table(tableAttr.Name, tableAttr.Schema, tableAttr.Sequence,
							 columns.ToArray(), triggers.ToArray(), tableAttr.ReadOnly);
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Adds columns defined on properties in given type to given list.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">object type</param>
		/// <param name="list">column list</param>
		private static void ProcessProperties(Type type, List<AbstractColumn> list)
		{
			object[] array = null;
			PropertyInfo[] properties = type.GetProperties(FLAGS_2);
			foreach(PropertyInfo p in properties)
			{
				array = p.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ColumnAttribute), false);
				if(array.Length == 0)
					continue;
				
				ColumnAttribute columnAttr = (ColumnAttribute) array[0];
				if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(columnAttr.Name))
					columnAttr.Name = p.Name;
				
				list.Add(
					new PropertyColumn(p, columnAttr.Name, columnAttr.DBType,
						columnAttr.Size, columnAttr.Precision, columnAttr.Scale,
						columnAttr.PrimaryKey, columnAttr.AutoIncrement)
				);
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Adds columns defined on fields in given type to given list.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">object type</param>
		/// <param name="list">column list</param>
		private static void ProcessFields(Type type, List<AbstractColumn> list)
		{
			object[] array = null;
			FieldInfo[] fields = type.GetFields(FLAGS_2);
			foreach(FieldInfo f in fields)
			{
				array = f.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ColumnAttribute), false);
				if(array.Length == 0)
					continue;
				
				ColumnAttribute columnAttr = (ColumnAttribute) array[0];
				if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(columnAttr.Name))
					columnAttr.Name = f.Name;
				
				list.Add(
					new FieldColumn(f, columnAttr.Name, columnAttr.DBType,
						columnAttr.Size, columnAttr.Precision, columnAttr.Scale,
						columnAttr.PrimaryKey, columnAttr.AutoIncrement)
				);
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Adds triggers defined in given type to given list.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">object type</param>
		/// <param name="list">list of triggers</param>
		private static void ProcessTriggers(Type type, List<Trigger> list)
		{
			object[] array = null;
			MethodInfo[] methods = type.GetMethods(FLAGS_2);
			foreach(MethodInfo method in methods)
			{
				array = method.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(TriggerAttribute), false);
				if(array.Length == 0)
					continue;
				
				TriggerAttribute trigAttr = (TriggerAttribute) array[0];
				Trigger trigger = new Trigger(method, trigAttr.Action);
				
				list.Add(trigger);
			}
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Adds columns from MappingAttributes defined on a type to given list.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">type to check for MappingAttributes</param>
		/// <param name="list">list of columns</param>
		private static void ProcessMappings(Type type, List<AbstractColumn> list)
		{
			object[] array = type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(MappingAttribute), false);
			foreach(MappingAttribute ma in array)
			{
				AbstractColumn column = null;
				
				// We are going to assume that if the name begins with a capital letter
				// then it is a property, otherwise it is a field.
				if(char.IsUpper(ma.MemberName[0])) {
					PropertyInfo p = type.GetProperty(ma.MemberName, FLAGS);
					if(p != null) {
						if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(ma.Name))
							ma.Name = p.Name;
						column = new PropertyColumn(p, ma.Name, ma.DBType, ma.Size, ma.Precision, ma.Scale,
								ma.PrimaryKey, ma.AutoIncrement);
					}
					else {
						FieldInfo f = type.GetField(ma.MemberName, FLAGS);
						if(f != null) {
							if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(ma.Name))
								ma.Name = f.Name;
							column = new FieldColumn(f, ma.Name, ma.DBType, ma.Size, ma.Precision, ma.Scale,
									ma.PrimaryKey, ma.AutoIncrement);
						}
					}
				}
				else {
					FieldInfo f = type.GetField(ma.MemberName, FLAGS);
					if(f != null) {
						if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(ma.Name))
							ma.Name = f.Name;
						column = new FieldColumn(f, ma.Name, ma.DBType, ma.Size, ma.Precision, ma.Scale,
								ma.PrimaryKey, ma.AutoIncrement);
					}
					else {
						PropertyInfo p = type.GetProperty(ma.MemberName, FLAGS);
						if(p != null) {
							if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(ma.Name))
								ma.Name = p.Name;
							column = new PropertyColumn(p, ma.Name, ma.DBType, ma.Size, ma.Precision, ma.Scale,
									ma.PrimaryKey, ma.AutoIncrement);
						}
					}
				}
				
				if(column != null)
					list.Add(column);
				else
					throw new DeclarationException("Type " + type.Name + " has a Mapping for an invalid member.");
			}
		}
	}
}

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