Problem with the Reading Raw Data Rows Feature

[Endimion75]

There is a problem when you use try to read raw data fields using the form

public class MyDataRow : List<DataRowItem>, IDataRow
{
}

Then using the code:

IEnumerable<MyDataRow> products = cc.Read<MyDataRow>("products.csv", inputFileDescription);

The List gets populated with the corresponding rows from the txt file but the columns (DataRowItem object) are empty.

I used the debugger to follow the execution into the ReadData class. All the values are retrieved as expected and you can inspect them before they get yield returned. After this point they get lost

[Endimion75]

As far as I can tell the problems is linked to the ReadRow function where the row variable gets its value and later passed to the obj value

if (readingRawDataRows)
{
   obj = row as T;
}

I think the obj/row value get rewritten with every iteration and as the obj variable gets passed as shallow copies it does not persists.

[Endimion75]

I manage to make it work by "hacking" (not using the cool meaning of the word) the ReadData function in the CsvContext.cs

This is my changed, inside the "while (cs.ReadRow(row, charLengths))" loop

if (readingRawDataRows)
                            {
                                var newObj = new T() as IDataRow;
                                foreach (DataRowItem item in (IEnumerable) row)
                                    newObj.Add(new DataRowItem(item.Value, item.LineNbr));
                                obj = newObj as T;
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                obj = fm.ReadObject(row, ae);
                            }

So if it is reading raw data rows, it will instantiate a new Datarow object, making a deep copy of the row variable and passing it to the obj variable.

My understanding of generics is limited but I think this might work.