Expand arrays when dealing with parameters in RequestInformation

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.7.3] - 2023-11-30
+
+### Changed
+
+- Fixed an issue where arrays of non-string types passed into the query parameter were not being converted to strings leading to Invalid cast exceptions. [microsoft/kiota#3354](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/3354)
+
 ## [1.7.2] - 2023-11-14
 
 ### Added

Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions.Tests/RequestInformationTests.cs

@@ -502,8 +502,167 @@ public void SetsEnumValuesInPathParameters()
             // Assert
             Assert.Equal("http://localhost/1,2", testRequest.URI.ToString());
         }
+
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetsIntValueInQueryParameters()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var testRequest = new RequestInformation()
+            {
+                HttpMethod = Method.GET,
+                UrlTemplate = "http://localhost/me{?item}"
+            };
+            // Act
+            testRequest.AddQueryParameters(new GetQueryParameters { Item = 1 });
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("http://localhost/me?item=1", testRequest.URI.ToString());
+        }
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetsIntValuesInQueryParameters()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var requestInfo = new RequestInformation()
+            {
+                HttpMethod = Method.GET,
+                UrlTemplate = "http://localhost/me{?items}"
+            };
+            // Act
+            requestInfo.AddQueryParameters(new GetQueryParameters { Items = new object []{1,2}});
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("http://localhost/me?items=1,2", requestInfo.URI.ToString());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetsBooleanValuesInQueryParameters()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var requestInfo = new RequestInformation()
+            {
+                HttpMethod = Method.GET,
+                UrlTemplate = "http://localhost/me{?items}"
+            };
+            // Act
+            requestInfo.AddQueryParameters(new GetQueryParameters { Items = new  object [] { true, false } });
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("http://localhost/me?items=true,false", requestInfo.URI.ToString());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetsDateTimeOffsetValuesInQueryParameters()
+        {
+           var requestInfo = new RequestInformation
+            {
+                HttpMethod = Method.GET,
+                UrlTemplate = "http://localhost/me{?items}"
+            };
+
+            // Act
+            var dateTime1 = new DateTimeOffset(2022, 8, 1, 0, 0, 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+            var dateTime2 = new DateTimeOffset(2022, 8, 2, 0, 0, 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+
+            requestInfo.AddQueryParameters(new GetQueryParameters { Items = new object[] { dateTime1, dateTime2 } });
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("http://localhost/me?items=2022-08-01T00%3A00%3A00.0000000%2B00%3A00,2022-08-02T00%3A00%3A00.0000000%2B00%3A00", requestInfo.URI.OriginalString);
+        }
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetsDateTimeValuesInQueryParameters()
+        {
+            var requestInfo = new RequestInformation
+            {
+                HttpMethod = Method.GET,
+                UrlTemplate = "http://localhost/me{?items}"
+            };
+
+            // Act
+            var dateTime1 = new DateTime(2022, 8, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+            var dateTime2 = new DateTime(2022, 8, 2, 0, 0, 0);
+
+            requestInfo.AddQueryParameters(new GetQueryParameters { Items = new object[] { dateTime1, dateTime2 } });
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("http://localhost/me?items=2022-08-01T00%3A00%3A00.0000000,2022-08-02T00%3A00%3A00.0000000", requestInfo.URI.OriginalString);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetsDateValuesInQueryParameters()
+        {
+            var requestInfo = new RequestInformation
+            {
+                HttpMethod = Method.GET,
+                UrlTemplate = "http://localhost/me{?items}"
+            };
+
+            // Act
+            var date1 = new Date(2022, 8, 1);
+            var date2 = new Date(2022, 8, 2);
+
+            requestInfo.AddQueryParameters(new GetQueryParameters { Items = new object[] { date1, date2 } });
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("http://localhost/me?items=2022-08-01,2022-08-02", requestInfo.URI.OriginalString);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetsTimeValuesInQueryParameters()
+        {
+            var requestInfo = new RequestInformation
+            {
+                HttpMethod = Method.GET,
+                UrlTemplate = "http://localhost/me{?items}"
+            };
+
+            // Act
+            var date1 = new Time(10,0,0);
+            var date2 = new Time(11, 1, 1);
+
+            requestInfo.AddQueryParameters(new GetQueryParameters { Items = new object[] { date1, date2 } });
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("http://localhost/me?items=10%3A00%3A00,11%3A01%3A01", requestInfo.URI.OriginalString);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void SetsGuidValuesInQueryParameters()
+        {
+            var requestInfo = new RequestInformation
+            {
+                HttpMethod = Method.GET,
+                UrlTemplate = "http://localhost/me{?items}"
+            };
+
+            // Act
+            var g1 = Guid.Parse("55331110-6817-4A9B-83B2-57617E3E08E5");
+            var g2 = Guid.Parse("482DFF4F-63D6-47F4-A88B-5CAEC03180D4");
+
+            requestInfo.AddQueryParameters(new GetQueryParameters { Items = new object[] { g1, g2 } });
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("http://localhost/me?items=55331110-6817-4a9b-83b2-57617e3e08e5,482dff4f-63d6-47f4-a88b-5caec03180d4", requestInfo.URI.OriginalString);
+        }
+
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DoesNotExpandSecondLayerArrays()
+        {
+            var requestInfo = new RequestInformation
+            {
+                HttpMethod = Method.GET,
+                UrlTemplate = "http://localhost/me{?items}"
+            };
+
+            // Act
+            requestInfo.AddQueryParameters(new GetQueryParameters { Items = new object[]{new int[]{1,2,3,4} } });
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("http://localhost/me?items=System.Int32%5B%5D", requestInfo.URI.OriginalString);
+        }
+
+
     }
 
+
+
     /// <summary>The messages in a mailbox or folder. Read-only. Nullable.</summary>
     internal class GetQueryParameters
     {
@@ -533,5 +692,10 @@ internal class GetQueryParameters
         /// <summary>Which Dataset to use</summary>
         [QueryParameter("datasets")]
         public TestEnum[] DataSets { get; set; }
+
+        [QueryParameter("item")]
+        public object Item { get; set; }
+        [QueryParameter("items")]
+        public object[] Items { get; set; }
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions.csproj

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://aka.ms/kiota/docs</PackageProjectUrl>
     <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
     <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.7.2</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.7.3</VersionPrefix>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
     <SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>

src/RequestInformation.cs

@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions.Serialization;
@@ -89,14 +91,14 @@ public Uri URI
                     var substitutions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
                     foreach(var urlTemplateParameter in PathParameters)
                     {
-                        substitutions.Add(urlTemplateParameter.Key, GetSanitizedValue(urlTemplateParameter.Value));
+                        substitutions.Add(urlTemplateParameter.Key, GetSanitizedValues(urlTemplateParameter.Value));
                     }
 
                     foreach(var queryStringParameter in QueryParameters)
                     {
                         if(queryStringParameter.Value != null)
                         {
-                            substitutions.Add(queryStringParameter.Key, GetSanitizedValue(queryStringParameter.Value));
+                            substitutions.Add(queryStringParameter.Key, GetSanitizedValues(queryStringParameter.Value));
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -105,6 +107,12 @@ public Uri URI
             }
         }
 
+        private static object GetSanitizedValues(object value) => value switch
+        {
+            Array array => ExpandArray(array),
+            _ => GetSanitizedValue(value),
+        };
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Sanitizes objects in order to appear appropiately in the URL
         /// </summary>
@@ -163,25 +171,28 @@ public void AddQueryParameters<T>(T source)
                                                     !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x.Value.ToString()) && // no need to add an empty string value
                                                     (x.Value is not ICollection collection || collection.Count > 0))) // no need to add empty collection
             {
-                QueryParameters.AddOrReplace(property.Name!, ReplaceEnumValueByStringRepresentation(property.Value!));
+                QueryParameters.AddOrReplace(property.Name!, property.Value!);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static object ExpandArray(Array collection)
+        {
+            var passedArray = new string[collection.Length];
+            for(var i = 0; i < collection.Length; i++)
+            {
+                passedArray[i] = GetSanitizedValue(collection.GetValue(i)!).ToString()!;
             }
+            return passedArray;
         }
+
         private static object ReplaceEnumValueByStringRepresentation(object source)
         {
             if(source is Enum enumValue && GetEnumName(enumValue) is string enumValueName)
             {
                 return enumValueName;
             }
-            else if(source is Array collection && collection.Length > 0 && collection.GetValue(0) is Enum)
-            {
-                var passedArray = new string[collection.Length];
-                for(var i = 0; i < collection.Length; i++)
-                {// this is ugly but necessary due to covariance limitations with pattern matching
-                    passedArray[i] = GetEnumName((Enum)collection.GetValue(i)!)!;
-                }
-                return passedArray;
-            }
-            else return source;
+
+            return source;
         }
 #if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
         private static string? GetEnumName<[DynamicallyAccessedMembers(DynamicallyAccessedMemberTypes.All)] T>(T value) where T : Enum