inabox/InABox.Core/DatabaseSchema/IProperty.cs

using System;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace InABox.Core
{
    public interface IProperty
    {
        string Class { get; set; }

        string Name { get; set; }

        string Type { get; set; }

        Type PropertyType { get; set; }

        string Page { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Whether the property or any parents actually declares an editor.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// If <c>false</c>, <see cref="Editor"/> will be a <see cref="NullEditor"/>.
        /// </remarks>
        bool HasEditor { get; set; }

        BaseEditor Editor { get; set; }

        long Sequence { get; set; }

        string Caption { get; set; }

        bool IsCalculated { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// An <see cref="IProperty"/> is required if it has the <see cref="RequiredColumnAttribute"/> defined on it.<br/>
        /// If it is part of an <see cref="IEntityLink"/>, then it is only required if the <see cref="IEntityLink"/> property on the parent class
        /// also has <see cref="RequiredColumnAttribute"/>.
        /// </summary>
        bool Required { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Null if the <see cref="IProperty"/> is not loggable.<br/>
        /// An <see cref="IProperty"/> is loggable if it has the <see cref="LoggablePropertyAttribute"/> defined on it.<br/>
        /// If it is part of an <see cref="IEntityLink"/>, then it is only loggable if the <see cref="IEntityLink"/> property on the parent class
        /// also has <see cref="LoggablePropertyAttribute"/>.
        /// </summary>
        LoggablePropertyAttribute? Loggable { get; set; }

        IProperty? Parent { get; set; }

        bool IsEntityLink { get; set; }

        Expression Expression();

        Func<object, object> Getter();

        Action<object, object> Setter();
    }

    public static class PropertyExtensions
    {
        public static bool HasParentEditor(this IProperty property)
        {
            return property.Parent != null && (property.Parent.HasEditor || property.Parent.HasParentEditor());
        }
        public static bool HasParentEntityLink(this IProperty property)
        {
            return property.Parent != null && (property.Parent.IsEntityLink || property.Parent.HasParentEntityLink());
        }

        public static bool ShouldShowEditor(this IProperty property)
        {
            if (property.Parent == null)
                return true;
            if (property.HasParentEditor())
                return false;
            if (property.Parent.IsEntityLink && !property.Name.EndsWith(".ID"))
                return false;
            if (property.Parent.HasParentEntityLink())
                return false;
            return true;
        }
    }
}