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2 // System.Web.Util.DataSourceResolver
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30 // This is from
31 // _Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Server Controls and Components_ (Kothari, Datye)
32 //    Listing 20-3 "GetDataSource" (page 564)
33 //
34 
35 using System.Collections;
36 using System.ComponentModel;
37 
38 namespace System.Web.Util {
39 	class DataSourceResolver
40 	{
DataSourceResolver()41 		DataSourceResolver () {}
42 
ResolveDataSource(object o, string data_member)43 		public static IEnumerable ResolveDataSource (object o, string data_member)
44 		{
45 			IEnumerable ds;
46 
47 			ds = o as IEnumerable;
48 			if (ds != null)
49 				return ds;
50 
51 			IListSource ls = o as IListSource;
52 
53 			if (ls == null)
54 				return null;
55 
56 			IList member_list = ls.GetList ();
57 			if (! ls.ContainsListCollection)
58 				return member_list;
59 
60 			ITypedList tl = member_list as ITypedList;
61 			if (tl == null)
62 				return null;
63 
64 			PropertyDescriptorCollection pd = tl.GetItemProperties (new PropertyDescriptor [0]);
65 
66 			if (pd == null || pd.Count == 0)
67 				throw new HttpException ("The selected data source did not contain any data members to bind to");
68 
69 			PropertyDescriptor member_desc = data_member == "" ?
70 				pd [0] :
71 				pd.Find (data_member, true);
72 
73 			if (member_desc != null)
74 				ds = member_desc.GetValue (member_list [0]) as IEnumerable;
75 
76 			if (ds == null)
77 				throw new HttpException ("A list corresponding to the selected DataMember was not found");
78 
79 			return ds;
80 		}
81 	}
82 }
83