expandoobject

Is it possible to convert ExpandoObject to anonymously typed object? Currently I have HtmlHelper extension that can take HTML attributes as a parameter. The problem is that my extension also needs to add some HTML attributes so I've use ExpandoObject to merge my attributes and attributes that user passes to the function using htmlAttributes parameter. Now I need to pass merged HTML attributes to original HtmlHelper function, and when I send ExpandoObject, nothing happens. So I guess that I need to convert ExpandoObject to anonymously typed object or something similar - any suggestions are

I wonder if it is possible to query ExpandoObject with regular LINQ? Reason is that I have dynamic ExpandoObject but I need to do some querying before I can pass further. It has some properties that always stay e.g. Id , Notes but also some dynamic properties that I cannot control. Here is how my list of them looks like [ { "Id": 1, "FileId": 1, "Notes": "", "1": "12.02.1991" }, { "Id": 2, "FileId": 2, "Notes": "", "1": "12.02.1991" } ] Code As you can see I have my static items and then I make sure that every item dynamic keys become that item properties. In this example 1 is key and 12.02

given the code below dynamic e = new ExpandoObject(); var d = e as IDictionary<string, object>; for (int i = 0; i < rdr.FieldCount; i++) d.Add(rdr.GetName(i), DBNull.Value.Equals(rdr[i]) ? null : rdr[i]); Is there a way to make it case insensitive so given the field name employee_name e.Employee_name works just as well as e.employee_name there doesn't seem to be an obvious way, perhaps a hack ? You may checkout Massive's implementation of a MassiveExpando which is case insensitive dynamic object. Luke Sampson I've been using this “Flexpando” class (for flexible expando) which is case

I have written a nifty function that will accept a system.object , reflect on its properties and serialize the object into a JSON string. It looks like this: public class JSONSerializer { public string Serialize(object obj) Now, I want to be able to do this to serialize a dynamic/ExpandoObject, but because my serializer uses reflection, it isn't able to do it. What's the workaround? public class Test { public dynamic MakeDynamicCat() { dynamic newCat = new ExpandoObject(); newCat.Name = "Polly"; newCat.Pedigree = new ExpandoObject(); newCat.Pedigree.Breed = "Whatever"; return newCat; } public

Is it possible to get the ServiceStack JsonSerializer to serialize an ExpandoObject as a flat object rather than a dictionary? Something roughly approximate to this: {"x":"xvalue","y":"\/Date(1313966045485)\/"} I am trying to compare JSON serialization of ExpandoObject using three different systems: the .NET BCL JavaScriptSerializer, Newtonsoft JSON.NET, and ServiceStack's JSON offering. I start with a fairly simple dynamic object. dynamic test = new ExpandoObject(); test.x = "xvalue"; test.y = DateTime.Now; It seems simpler for a serializer to treat an ExpandoObject as a IDictionary<string,

Presently in LINQ, the following compiles and works just fine: var listOfFoo = myData.Select(x => new FooModel{ someProperty = x.prop1, someOtherProperty = x.prop2 }); public class FooModel{ public string someProperty { get; set; }; public string someOtherProperty { get; set; }; } However, the past few versions of .NET/C# have expanded the role of dynamic objects such as the ExpandoObject and I am wondering if there is a way to basically do this: var listOfFoo = myData.Select(x => new ExpandoObject{ someProperty = x.prop1, someOtherProperty = x.prop2 }); Obviously, I have already tried the