Generic class to CSV (all properties)

Question

Im looking for a way to create CSV from all class instances.

What i want is that i could export ANY class (all of its instances) to CSV.

Can some1 direct me to p

Answer 1

My answer is based on Michael Kropat's answer from above.

I added two functions to his answer because it didn't want to write straight to file as I still had some further processing to do. Instead I wanted the header information separate to the values so I could put everything back together later.

    public static string ToCsvString(T obj)
    {
        var fields =
            from mi in typeof(T).GetMembers(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static)
            where new[] { MemberTypes.Field, MemberTypes.Property }.Contains(mi.MemberType)
            let orderAttr = (ColumnOrderAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(mi, typeof(ColumnOrderAttribute))
            select mi;

        return QuoteRecord(FormatObject(fields, obj));
    }

    public static string GetCsvHeader(T obj)
    {
        var fields =
            from mi in typeof(T).GetMembers(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Static)
            where new[] { MemberTypes.Field, MemberTypes.Property }.Contains(mi.MemberType)
            let orderAttr = (ColumnOrderAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(mi, typeof(ColumnOrderAttribute))
            select mi;

        return QuoteRecord(fields.Select(f => f.Name));
    }