.vscode/launch.json

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "preLaunchTask": "build",
             // If you have changed target frameworks, make sure to update the program path.
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/deployment.tests/bin/Debug/net8.0/deployment.tests.dll",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/deploy-test/bin/Debug/net8.0/deploy-test.dll",
             "args": [],
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/deployment.tests",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/deploy-test",
             // For more information about the 'console' field, see https://aka.ms/VSCode-CS-LaunchJson-Console
             "console": "internalConsole",
             "stopAtEntry": false

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             "type": "process",
             "args": [
                 "build",
-                "${workspaceFolder}/deployment.tests/deployment.tests.csproj",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/deploy-test/deploy-test.csproj",
                 "/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
                 "/consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary;ForceNoAlign"
             ],
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
             "type": "process",
             "args": [
                 "publish",
-                "${workspaceFolder}/deployment.tests/deployment.tests.csproj",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/deploy-test/deploy-test.csproj",
                 "/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
                 "/consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary;ForceNoAlign"
             ],
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
                 "watch",
                 "run",
                 "--project",
-                "${workspaceFolder}/deployment.tests/deployment.tests.csproj"
+                "${workspaceFolder}/deploy-test/deploy-test.csproj"
             ],
             "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
         }

Deployment/ConfigurationBootstrapper.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace greyn.Deployment
                  */
                 var actualConfig = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ExpandoObject>(File.ReadAllText(confpath)) ?? new ExpandoObject();
                 var toReturn = new T();
-                PopulateExpando(toReturn, ref actualConfig);
+                populateExpando(toReturn, ref actualConfig);
                 File.WriteAllText(confpath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(actualConfig, Formatting.Indented));
 
                 readFromExpando(ref toReturn, actualConfig);
@@ -39,71 +39,43 @@ namespace greyn.Deployment
             }
         }
 
-        //TODO: make private but get tests to cooperate... I think that's a c# limitation
-        internal static void PopulateExpando<T>(T config, ref ExpandoObject fromFile)
+        //TODO: make private but get tests to cooperate
+        public static void populateExpando<T>(T config, ref ExpandoObject fromFile)
         {
             if (config == null) return;
+
             if (fromFile == null)
             {
-                fromFile = new ExpandoObject();
+                var expandoPopulated = new ExpandoObject();
+                var dictionaryFromExpandoPopulated = (IDictionary<string, object?>)expandoPopulated;
+                foreach (var property in config.GetType().GetProperties())
+                    dictionaryFromExpandoPopulated.Add(property.Name, property.GetValue(config));
+                expandoPopulated = (ExpandoObject)dictionaryFromExpandoPopulated;
+                fromFile = expandoPopulated;
+                return;
             }
             var dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile = (IDictionary<string, object?>)fromFile;
-            
-            foreach (var memberInfo in config.GetType().GetMembers())
+            foreach (var property in config.GetType().GetProperties())
             {
-                if(memberInfo.DeclaringType == typeof(System.Object))
+                if (dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile.TryGetValue(property.Name, out object? value))
                 {
-                    continue;
+                    if (value != null)
+                    {
+                        if (property.PropertyType.GetMembers() == null)
+                        {
+                            var childProperty = (ExpandoObject)property.GetValue(fromFile);
+                            populateExpando(property.GetValue(config), ref childProperty);
+                            property.SetValue(fromFile, childProperty);
                         }
-                if(memberInfo.MemberType != MemberTypes.Field && memberInfo.MemberType != MemberTypes.Property)
-                {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                
-                if (dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile.TryGetValue(memberInfo.Name, out object? valueFromDict))
-                {
-                    if (valueFromDict != null)
-                    {
-                        switch (memberInfo.MemberType)
-                        {
-                            case MemberTypes.Field:
-                                var asField = (FieldInfo)memberInfo;
-                                if (dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile[asField.Name] is ExpandoObject childMemberField)
-                                {
-                                    PopulateExpando(asField.GetValue(config), ref childMemberField);
-                                }
-                                break;
-                            case MemberTypes.Property:
-                                var asProperty = (PropertyInfo)memberInfo;
-                                if (dictionaryFromExpandoFromFile[asProperty.Name] is ExpandoObject childMemberProperty)
-                                {
-                                    PopulateExpando(asProperty.GetValue(config), ref childMemberProperty);
-                                }
-                                break;
-                            default:
-                                break;
-                        }
-
                     }
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    switch (memberInfo.MemberType)
-                    {
-                        case MemberTypes.Field:
-                            fromFile.TryAdd(memberInfo.Name, ((FieldInfo)memberInfo).GetValue(config));
-                            break;
-                        case MemberTypes.Property:
-                            fromFile.TryAdd(memberInfo.Name, ((PropertyInfo)memberInfo).GetValue(config));
-                            break;
-                        default:
-                            break;
-                    }
-                    
+                    fromFile.TryAdd(property.Name, property.GetValue(config));
                 }
             }
         }
-        internal static void readFromExpando<T>(ref T config, ExpandoObject readFromFile)
+        public static void readFromExpando<T>(ref T config, ExpandoObject readFromFile)
         {
             //TODO: read from Expando
         }

deployment.tests/ConfigTests.cs

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class ConfigTests
     {
         var toReturn = new AConfigurationType();
         var actualConfig = parse(PerfectConfiguration);
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(toReturn, ref actualConfig);
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(toReturn, ref actualConfig);
         Assert.Pass();
     }
     #endregion
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ public class ConfigTests
             ]
         }
     }");
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
-        Console.WriteLine("survived populate expando");
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
         var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
         Console.WriteLine(casted["aValueTypeButNotAField"]);
         Assert.Pass();
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ public class ConfigTests
             ]
         }
     }");
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
         var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
         Console.WriteLine(casted["aField"]);
         Assert.Pass();
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ public class ConfigTests
             ]
         }
     }");
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
         var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
         Console.WriteLine(casted["subtyped"]);
         Assert.Pass();
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ public class ConfigTests
             ]
         }
     }");
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
         var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
         var subtypeCasted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)casted["subtyped"];
         Console.WriteLine(subtypeCasted["aValueType"]);
@@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ public class ConfigTests
             ]
         }
     }");
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
         var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
         var subtypeCasted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)casted["subtyped"];
         Console.WriteLine(subtypeCasted["aValueTypeButNotAField"]);
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ public class ConfigTests
             ]
         }
     }");
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
         var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
         var subtypeCasted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)casted["subtyped"];
         Console.WriteLine(subtypeCasted["anEnumerableType"]);
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@ public class ConfigTests
             ]
         }
     }");
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
         var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
         Assert.IsNull(casted["subtyped"]);
     }
@@ -341,7 +340,7 @@ public class ConfigTests
             ]
         }
     }");
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
         var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
         Assert.IsNotNull(casted["hiImHereToo"]);
     }
@@ -349,11 +348,10 @@ public class ConfigTests
     public void populateExpando_populatesblank()
     {
         var actualConfig = parse("{}");
-        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.PopulateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
-        dynamic casted = actualConfig; 
-        Console.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(casted,  Formatting.Indented));
-        
-        Console.WriteLine(casted.subtyped.aValueTypeButNotAField);
+        greyn.Deployment.ConfigurationBootstrapper.populateExpando(new AConfigurationType(), ref actualConfig);
+        var casted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)actualConfig; 
+        var subtypeCasted = (IDictionary<string, object?>)casted["subtyped"];
+        Console.WriteLine(subtypeCasted["aValueTypeButNotAField"]);
         Assert.Pass();
     }
     [Test]