CodeLiturgy.Dashboard/BlueWest/Core/Tests/DataExtensions.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;

namespace BlueWest.DataAgent
{
    public static class DataExtensions
    {
        /*public static Dictionary<string, object> ToDictionary(this object arg)
        {
            var dic = arg.GetType().GetProperties()
                .ToDictionary(property => property.Name, property => property.GetValue(arg));
            return dic;
        }*/
        public static Dictionary<string,string> ToDictionaryStr(this object source)
        {
            Dictionary<string, string> result = new Dictionary<string, string>();

            string[] keys = { };
            string[] values = { };

            bool outLoopingKeys = false, outLoopingValues = false;

            foreach (PropertyDescriptor property in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(source))
            {
                object value = property.GetValue(source).ToString();
                
                if (value is Dictionary<string, string>.KeyCollection keyCollection)
                {
                    keys = keyCollection.ToArray();
                    outLoopingKeys = true;
                }
                if (value is Dictionary<string, string>.ValueCollection valueCollection)
                {
                    values = valueCollection.ToArray();
                    outLoopingValues = true;
                }
                
                if(outLoopingKeys & outLoopingValues)
                {
                    break;
                }
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < keys.Length; i++)
            {
                result.Add(keys[i].ToString(), values[i].ToString());
            }

            return result;
        }
    }
}