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Determine if a property exists in an object

    

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Reflection;

//using Dotnet.Commons.Lang;


namespace Dotnet.Commons.Reflection
{
  ///  
  /// <summary>
  /// This class contains utility methods that perform operations on object properties. 
  /// </summary>
  /// 
  /// <remarks> 
  ///  Copyright 2006 by Edward Lim.
  /// All rights reserved.
  /// </remarks>
  /// 
  public sealed class PropertyUtils
  {
    private PropertyUtils()  {}



    /// --------------------------------------------------------------------
    /// <summary>
    /// Determine if a property exists in an object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="propertyName">Name of the property </param>
    /// <param name="srcObject">the object to inspect</param>
    /// <returns>true if the property exists, false otherwise</returns>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">if srcObject is null</exception>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">if propertName is empty or null </exception>
    /// --------------------------------------------------------------------
    public static bool Exists(string propertyName, object srcObject)
    {
      if (srcObject == null)
        throw new System.ArgumentNullException("srcObject");
      
      if ((propertyName == null) || (propertyName == String.Empty) || (propertyName.Length == 0))
        throw new System.ArgumentException("Property name cannot be empty or null.");

      PropertyInfo propInfoSrcObj = srcObject.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);

      return (propInfoSrcObj != null);
    }


    /// --------------------------------------------------------------------
    /// <summary>
    /// Determine if a property exists in an object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="propertyName">Name of the property </param>
    /// <param name="srcObject">the object to inspect</param>
    /// <param name="ignoreCase">ignore case sensitivity</param>
    /// <returns>true if the property exists, false otherwise</returns>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">if srcObject is null</exception>
    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">if propertName is empty or null </exception>
    /// --------------------------------------------------------------------
    public static bool Exists(string propertyName, object srcObject, bool ignoreCase)
    {      
      if (!ignoreCase)
        return Exists(propertyName, srcObject);

      if (srcObject == null)
        throw new System.ArgumentNullException("srcObject");
      
      if ((propertyName == null) || (propertyName == String.Empty) || (propertyName.Length == 0))
        throw new System.ArgumentException("Property name cannot be empty or null.");


      PropertyInfo [] propertyInfos = srcObject.GetType().GetProperties();

      propertyName = propertyName.ToLower();
      foreach(PropertyInfo propInfo in propertyInfos)
      {
        if (propInfo.Name.ToLower().Equals(propertyName))
          return true;
      }
      return false;
    }
    }
}

   
    
    
    
  








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