Apistry.WebApiDocumentationProvider.CreateDefaultRequestBodyExample C# (CSharp) Method

        private Object CreateDefaultRequestBodyExample(HttpActionDescriptor httpActionDescriptor, Type dto)
        {
            // Create an example DTO based off AutoFixture / ObjectHydrator conventions to be used as reference if properties aren't documented.
            var exampleObject = CreateInstanceOfType(dto);

            IDictionary<String, Object> requestBodyExample = new ExpandoObject();
            foreach (var dtoProperty in dto.GetProperties())
            {
                if (!TypeHelper.CanConvertFromString(dtoProperty.PropertyType) &&
                    _WebApiDocumentationMetadata.DtoDocumentation.ContainsKey(dtoProperty.PropertyType))
                {
                    requestBodyExample[dtoProperty.Name] =
                        CreateRequestBodyExample(httpActionDescriptor, _WebApiDocumentationMetadata.DtoDocumentation[dtoProperty.PropertyType]);
                }
                else
                {
                    if (_WebApiDocumentationMetadata.Settings
                            .RequestBuilderConventions
                            .Any(c => !c.IncludeProperty(httpActionDescriptor.SupportedHttpMethods, dtoProperty, dto)))
                    {
                        continue;
                    }

                    requestBodyExample[dtoProperty.Name] = dtoProperty.GetValue(exampleObject, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, null, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
                }
            }

            return requestBodyExample;
        }