Dumping of "new" property

Husqvik

Is it possible to Dump the new property of the same name of an inherited class?

void Main()
{
    var data = new ChildClass();
    ((BaseClass)data).Id = "myentity";
    data.Dump();
}

public class BaseClass /* generated class so I don't want to modify it */
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
}

public class ChildClass : BaseClass
{
    public new Hyperlinq Id => new Hyperlinq($"https://localhost/entities/{base.Id}", base.Id);
}

The dump shows the plain string. I would like to show the hyperlink instead. The above is just example I know I can add custom ToDump() implementation but the BaseClass has many properties so I have to effectively duplicate all of them and maintain changes. Would be nice to avoid it.

Husqvik

Ok, came with relatively usable solution. Still I think the Dump should by default prefer the "new" property value over the base class.

public class ChildClass : BaseClass
{
    public new Hyperlinq Id => new Hyperlinq($"https://localhost/entities/{base.Id}", base.Id);

    object ToDump() => AsExpandoObject(this);
}

public static ExpandoObject AsExpandoObject(object source)
{
    var result = new ExpandoObject();
    var resultDictionary = (IDictionary<string, object>)result;

    foreach (var prop in source.GetType().GetProperties())
        resultDictionary.TryAdd(prop.Name, prop.GetValue(source));

    return result;
}

JoeAlbahari

Good call - the member on the derived type should take precedence. This should now be fixed in the 8.3.5 beta:
https://www.linqpad.net/linqpad8.aspx#beta