Object properties to dictionary converter

    public static class ObjectExtensions
    {
        public static Dictionary<string, object> GetPropertyDictionary(this object source)
        {
            var properties = source.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);

            var result = properties.ToDictionary(propertyInfo => propertyInfo.Name, propertyInfo => propertyInfo.GetValue(source));

            return result;
        }
    }

            var t = new
                        {
                            Bingo = true,
                            Bango = "Test",
                            Bongo = new DateTime(2015, 02, 05)
                        };
            var propertyDictionary = t.GetPropertyDictionary();

            foreach (var o in propertyDictionary)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine(o.Key + " : " + o.Value + " [" + o.Value.GetType().Name + "]");
            }

//Returns
//Bingo : True [Boolean]
//Bango : Test [String]
//Bongo : 05-02-2015 00:00:00 [DateTime]

Description

Takes all public properties of any object and inserts then into a dictionary

Details

• Author: Lasse Sjørup
• Submitted on: 2/9/2015 1:18:52 PM
• Language: C#
• Type: object
• Views: 2545

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