[asp.net] ASP.NET equivalent of PHP var_dump

[Costas]

var json = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(your_object);
Response.Write("Data:" + json);

 
 

PHP var_dump() method for C#

//http://ruuddottech.blogspot.gr/2009/07/php-vardump-method-for-c.html
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections;
  
public string var_dump(object obj, int recursion)
{
    StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
  
    // Protect the method against endless recursion
    if (recursion < 5)
    {
        // Determine object type
        Type t = obj.GetType();
  
        // Get array with properties for this object
        PropertyInfo[] properties = t.GetProperties();
  
        foreach (PropertyInfo property in properties)
        {
            try
            {
                // Get the property value
                object value = property.GetValue(obj, null);
  
                // Create indenting string to put in front of properties of a deeper level
                // We'll need this when we display the property name and value
                string indent = String.Empty;
                string spaces = "|   ";
                string trail = "|...";
                  
                if (recursion > 0)
                {
                    indent = new StringBuilder(trail).Insert(0, spaces, recursion - 1).ToString();
                }
  
                if (value != null)
                {
                    // If the value is a string, add quotation marks
                    string displayValue = value.ToString();
                    if (value is string) displayValue = String.Concat('"', displayValue, '"');
  
                    // Add property name and value to return string
                    result.AppendFormat("{0}{1} = {2}\n", indent, property.Name, displayValue);
  
                    try
                    {
                        if (!(value is ICollection))
                        {
                            // Call var_dump() again to list child properties
                            // This throws an exception if the current property value
                            // is of an unsupported type (eg. it has not properties)
                            result.Append(var_dump(value, recursion + 1));
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            // 2009-07-29: added support for collections
                            // The value is a collection (eg. it's an arraylist or generic list)
                            // so loop through its elements and dump their properties
                            int elementCount = 0;
                            foreach (object element in ((ICollection)value))
                            {
                                string elementName = String.Format("{0}[{1}]", property.Name, elementCount);
                                indent = new StringBuilder(trail).Insert(0, spaces, recursion).ToString();
  
                                // Display the collection element name and type
                                result.AppendFormat("{0}{1} = {2}\n", indent, elementName, element.ToString());
  
                                // Display the child properties
                                result.Append(var_dump(element, recursion + 2));
                                elementCount++;
                            }
  
                            result.Append(var_dump(value, recursion + 1));
                        }
                    }
                    catch { }
                }
                else
                {
                    // Add empty (null) property to return string
                    result.AppendFormat("{0}{1} = {2}\n", indent, property.Name, "null");
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                // Some properties will throw an exception on property.GetValue()
                // I don't know exactly why this happens, so for now i will ignore them...
            }
        }
    }
  
    return result.ToString();
}