whack at an explicit constructor switch

Dapper NET40/SqlMapper.cs

@@ -389,6 +389,15 @@ public interface ITypeMap
             /// <returns>Matching constructor or default one</returns>
             ConstructorInfo FindConstructor(string[] names, Type[] types);
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Returns a constructor which should *always* be used.
+            /// 
+            /// Parameters will be default values, nulls for reference types and zero'd for value types.
+            /// 
+            /// Use this class to force object creation away from parameterless constructors you dn't control.
+            /// </summary>
+            ConstructorInfo FindExplicitConstructor();
+
             /// <summary>
             /// Gets mapping for constructor parameter
             /// </summary>
@@ -3557,6 +3566,44 @@ public static void SetTypeMap(Type type, ITypeMap map)
                     types[i - startBound] = reader.GetFieldType(i);
                 }
 
+                var explicitConstr = typeMap.FindExplicitConstructor();
+                if (explicitConstr != null)
+                {
+                    var structLocals = new Dictionary<Type, LocalBuilder>();
+
+                    var consPs = explicitConstr.GetParameters();
+                    foreach(var p in consPs)
+                    {
+                        if(!p.ParameterType.IsValueType)
+                        {
+                            il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldnull);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            LocalBuilder loc;
+                            if(!structLocals.TryGetValue(p.ParameterType, out loc))
+                            {
+                                structLocals[p.ParameterType] = loc = il.DeclareLocal(p.ParameterType);
+                            }
+
+                            il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldloca, (short)loc.LocalIndex);
+                            il.Emit(OpCodes.Initobj, p.ParameterType);
+                            il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldloca, (short)loc.LocalIndex);
+                            il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldobj, p.ParameterType);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    il.Emit(OpCodes.Newobj, explicitConstr);
+                    il.Emit(OpCodes.Stloc_1);
+                    supportInitialize = typeof(ISupportInitialize).IsAssignableFrom(type);
+                    if (supportInitialize)
+                    {
+                        il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldloc_1);
+                        il.EmitCall(OpCodes.Callvirt, typeof(ISupportInitialize).GetMethod("BeginInit"), null);
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
                     var ctor = typeMap.FindConstructor(names, types);
                     if (ctor == null)
                     {
@@ -3569,15 +3616,18 @@ public static void SetTypeMap(Type type, ITypeMap map)
                         il.Emit(OpCodes.Newobj, ctor);
                         il.Emit(OpCodes.Stloc_1);
                         supportInitialize = typeof(ISupportInitialize).IsAssignableFrom(type);
-                    if(supportInitialize)
+                        if (supportInitialize)
                         {
                             il.Emit(OpCodes.Ldloc_1);
                             il.EmitCall(OpCodes.Callvirt, typeof(ISupportInitialize).GetMethod("BeginInit"), null);
                         }
                     }
                     else
+                    {
                         specializedConstructor = ctor;
                     }
+                }
+            }
 
             il.BeginExceptionBlock();
             if (type.IsValueType)
@@ -5216,6 +5266,22 @@ public ConstructorInfo FindConstructor(string[] names, Type[] types)
             return null;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the constructor, if any, that has the ExplicitConstructorAttribute on it.
+        /// </summary>
+        public ConstructorInfo FindExplicitConstructor()
+        {
+            var constructors = _type.GetConstructors(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
+            var withAttr = constructors.Where(c => c.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ExplicitConstructorAttribute), true).Length > 0).ToList();
+
+            if (withAttr.Count == 1)
+            {
+                return withAttr[0];
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets mapping for constructor parameter
         /// </summary>
@@ -5306,6 +5372,15 @@ public ConstructorInfo FindConstructor(string[] names, Type[] types)
             return _type.GetConstructor(new Type[0]);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Always returns null
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public ConstructorInfo FindExplicitConstructor()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Not impelmeneted as far as default constructor used for all cases
         /// </summary>
@@ -5544,6 +5619,15 @@ public interface IWrappedDataReader : IDataReader
         IDbCommand Command { get; }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tell Dapper to use an explicit constructor, passing nulls or 0s for all parameters
+    /// </summary>
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Constructor, AllowMultiple = false)]
+    public sealed class ExplicitConstructorAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+
+    }
+
     // Define DAPPER_MAKE_PRIVATE if you reference Dapper by source
     // and you like to make the Dapper types private (in order to avoid
     // conflicts with other projects that also reference Dapper by source)

Tests/Tests.cs

@@ -4086,6 +4086,43 @@ public void Issue192_InParameterWorksWithSimilarNamesWithUnicode()
             ((int)rows.Field).IsEqualTo(2);
             ((int)rows.Field_1).IsEqualTo(2);
         }
+
+        class _ExplicitConstructors
+        {
+            public int Field { get; set; }
+            public int Field_1 { get; set; }
+
+            private bool WentThroughProperConstructor;
+
+            public _ExplicitConstructors() { }
+
+            [ExplicitConstructor]
+            public _ExplicitConstructors(string foo, int bar)
+            {
+                WentThroughProperConstructor = true;
+            }
+
+            public bool GetWentThroughProperConstructor()
+            {
+                return WentThroughProperConstructor;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void ExplicitConstructors()
+        {
+            var rows = connection.Query<_ExplicitConstructors>(@"
+declare @ExplicitConstructors table (
+    Field INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1),
+    Field_1 INT NOT NULL);
+insert @ExplicitConstructors(Field_1) values (1);
+SELECT * FROM @ExplicitConstructors"
+).ToList();
+
+            rows.Count.IsEqualTo(1);
+            rows[0].Field.IsEqualTo(1);
+            rows[0].Field_1.IsEqualTo(1);
+            rows[0].GetWentThroughProperConstructor().IsTrue();
+        }
 #if POSTGRESQL
 
         class Cat