entity getvalue extension method?

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Hello, has anyone here created a GetValue extension method for Entity? For example, consider the following scenario that sets a local variable to an entity attribute value:

string myVal;
if (myEntity.Attributes.Contains("new_myfield"))
myVal = account2011["new_myfield"];

An extension method could simplify this code to:

var myVal = myEntity.GetValue("new_myfield");

Seems logical to encapsulate this common code in an extension method. So has anyone here done this as part of an implementation?

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Surmeet Singh 3,075 on at

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Hi Andrew,

GetAttrbuteValue<T>("attributename") is available and also eliminates the use of "myEntity.Attributes.Contains("new_myfield")" line as it returns null instead of giving an error of key not present in disctionary.

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