Extend DynamicObject Wrapper to re-wrap sub-objects, but only anonymous ones

[iJungleboy]

I'm submitting a ...
[x] change / feature request

...about
[x] Razor templating
[x] internals

Current behavior

Using AsDynamic(...) you can easily make any object dynamic. This is especially useful for anonymous types like this:

var x = AsDynamic(new {
  Something = "hello"
});

It's mainly used in these scenarios

1. Passing back anonymous objects from functions outside of the main razor file
2. Merging settings from predefined sources with settings from code
3. Providing properties to sub-templates using Html.Partial("_onether.cshtml", new { Id = 27 }) which are then provided on a dynamic DynamicModel object

The challenge appears when we have sub-objects, like this

var x = AsDynamic(new {
  Guid = new Guid(),
  Sub = new {
    Subproperty = "hello"
  },
  List = new List<string>(),
  Arr = new string[0]
});

In these cases, it's sometimes useful to re-wrap the sub-objects, and sometimes it's a problem. For example, a Guid shouldn't rewrap, because it becomes harder to use, but other anonymous object should be re-wrapped again.

Your environment

• 2sxc version(s): 12.04