Apistry.WebApiDocumentationProvider.CreateRequestBodyExample C# (CSharp) Method

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

            IDictionary<String, Object> requestBodyExample = new ExpandoObject();
            foreach (DtoPropertyDocumentationMetadata dtoProperty in dtoDocumentationMetadata.PropertyDocumentationMetadata)
            {
                if (!TypeHelper.CanConvertFromString(dtoProperty.Property.PropertyType) &&
                    _WebApiDocumentationMetadata.DtoDocumentation.ContainsKey(dtoProperty.Property.PropertyType))
                {
                    requestBodyExample[dtoProperty.Property.Name] =
                        CreateRequestBodyExample(httpActionDescriptor, _WebApiDocumentationMetadata.DtoDocumentation[dtoProperty.Property.PropertyType]);
                }
                else if (!httpActionDescriptor.SupportedHttpMethods.Intersect(dtoProperty.ExcludedMethods ?? Enumerable.Empty<HttpMethod>()).Any())
                {
                    if (_WebApiDocumentationMetadata.Settings
                        .RequestBuilderConventions
                        .Any(c => !c.IncludeProperty(
                            httpActionDescriptor.SupportedHttpMethods,
                            dtoDocumentationMetadata.Type.GetProperty(dtoProperty.Property.Name),
                            dtoDocumentationMetadata.Type)))
                    {
                        continue;
                    }

                    var propertyDocumentationMetadata =
                    dtoDocumentationMetadata.PropertyDocumentationMetadata
                                            .SingleOrDefault(pdm => pdm.Property.Equals(dtoProperty.Property) && pdm.ExampleValue != null);

                    if (propertyDocumentationMetadata != null)
                    {
                        requestBodyExample[dtoProperty.Property.Name] = propertyDocumentationMetadata.ExampleValue;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        requestBodyExample[dtoProperty.Property.Name] = dtoProperty.Property.GetValue(exampleObject);
                    }
                }
            }

            return requestBodyExample;
        }