Brew.Webforms.Widget.InitPostData C# (CSharp) Method

        public void InitPostData()
        {
            var options = GetOptions();
            var type = this.GetType();

            foreach (var option in options) {
                var property = type.GetProperty(option);

                if (property == null) {
                    throw new ArgumentException("Brew Error: Widget has option defined with no matching property.", option.Name);
                }

                var current = property.GetValue(this);
                var postvalue = current;
                var value = postvalue; // for use with the type converters, the end value.
                var data = GetPostData();

                if (data != null) {
                    // Changes were made on the client side for this widget, try to get the value for this option
                    data.TryGetValue(option.Name, out postvalue);
                }

                if (postvalue != null && postvalue is String) {
                    postvalue = System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(postvalue as String);
                }

                if (postvalue == current || (postvalue != null && postvalue.Equals(current))) {
                    continue;
                }

                var attribute = property.GetCustomAttribute<TypeConverterAttribute>();

                if (attribute != null) {
                    var converter = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(attribute.ConverterTypeName)) as TypeConverter;

                    if (converter != null) {
                        value = converter.CanConvertFrom(postvalue == null ? null : postvalue.GetType()) ? converter.ConvertFrom(postvalue) : postvalue;
                    }
                    else {
                        value = postvalue;
                    }
                }
                else {
                    value = postvalue;
                }

                try {
                    // jquery ui's defaults for string properties (and such) are often set to false.
                    if (value != null && value.Equals(false) && property.PropertyType == typeof(String)) {
                        value = option.DefaultValue;
                    }

                    property.SetValue(this, value);
                }
                catch (ArgumentException) {
                    // catches edge cases where there is no type converter defined. eg. false -> int[].

                    if (value.Equals(false) && option.DefaultValue == null) {
                        value = null;
                    }

                    property.SetValue(this, value);
                }
            }
        }