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Silverlight 1.1 Hebrew and Arabic Language Support

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31 Jan 2008Ms-PL7 min read 44K   290   10  
An article presenting Silverlight 1.1 Hebrew and Arabic language support
using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows;

namespace JustinAngelNet.Silverlight.Framework
{
    public static class SilverlightExtensions
    {
        public static T Clone<T>(T source)
        {
            T cloned = (T) Activator.CreateInstance(source.GetType());

            foreach (PropertyInfo curPropInfo in source.GetType().GetProperties())
            {
                if (curPropInfo.GetGetMethod() != null
                    && (curPropInfo.GetSetMethod() != null))
                {
                    // Handle Non-indexer properties
                    if (curPropInfo.Name != "Item")
                    {
                        // get property from source
                        object getValue = curPropInfo.GetGetMethod().Invoke(source, new object[] {});

                        // clone if needed
                        if (getValue != null && getValue is DependencyObject)
                            getValue = Clone((DependencyObject) getValue);

                        // set property on cloned
                        curPropInfo.GetSetMethod().Invoke(cloned, new object[] {getValue});
                    }
                        // handle indexer
                    else
                    {
                        // get count for indexer
                        int numberofItemInColleciton =
                            (int)
                            curPropInfo.ReflectedType.GetProperty("Count").GetGetMethod().Invoke(source, new object[] {});

                        // run on indexer
                        for (int i = 0; i < numberofItemInColleciton; i++)
                        {
                            // get item through Indexer
                            object getValue = curPropInfo.GetGetMethod().Invoke(source, new object[] {i});

                            // clone if needed
                            if (getValue != null && getValue is DependencyObject)
                                getValue = Clone((DependencyObject) getValue);
                            // add item to collection
                            curPropInfo.ReflectedType.GetMethod("Add").Invoke(cloned, new object[] {getValue});
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            return cloned;
        }
    }
}

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Written By
JustinAngel.Net, Senior .Net consultant
Israel Israel
Justin-Josef Angel is a C# Microsoft Most Valuable professional, a Senior .Net consultant in Israel with 4 years of .Net experience and has 8 years of Web experience.

Justin's been working this past year on two Enterprise sized Silverlight projects with his customers. During that time he's gained a real-insight into Silverlight's inner workings and how to integrate Silverlight into the real world of software development. Additionally, During that time he's developed a few well-known projects like the "Silverlight 1.0 Javascript Intellisense", "Silverlight 1.1 Hebrew & Arabic Languages support" and a few others you might know.

Justin is also a seasoned presenter with an impressive track-record of talking in front of thousands of people in Israel.

Justin owns the first .Net blog written in Hebrew - http://www.JustinAngel.Net .
And he also owns an additional blog with mixed Hebrew & English content - http://blogs.Microsoft.co.il/blogs/JustinAngel.

A full list of his articles (all 100+ of them) can be found at: http://www.JustinAngel.Net/#index




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