feat: add possibility to put generic type object as a value for PointData and PointData.Builder (#295)

Author: bednar

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ## 4.0.0-rc3 [unreleased]
 
+### Features
+1. [#295](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-csharp/pull/295): Add possibility to put generic type object as a value for `PointData` and `PointData.Builder`
+
 ## 4.0.0-rc2 [2022-02-25]
 
 ### Migration Notice

Client.Test/PointDataBuilderTest.cs

@@ -163,5 +163,15 @@ public void HasFields()
             Assert.IsTrue(
                 PointData.Builder.Measurement("h2o").Tag("location", "europe").Field("level", "2").HasFields());
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void UseGenericObjectAsFieldValue()
+        {
+            var point = PointData.Builder.Measurement("h2o")
+                .Tag("location", "europe")
+                .Field("custom-object", new GenericObject { Value1 = "test", Value2 = 10 });
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("h2o,location=europe custom-object=\"test-10\"", point.ToPointData().ToLineProtocol());
+        }
     }
 }

Client.Test/PointDataTest.cs

@@ -418,5 +418,26 @@ public void OnlyInfinityValues()
 
             Assert.AreEqual("", point.ToLineProtocol());
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void UseGenericObjectAsFieldValue()
+        {
+            var point = PointData.Measurement("h2o")
+                .Tag("location", "europe")
+                .Field("custom-object", new GenericObject { Value1 = "test", Value2 = 10 });
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("h2o,location=europe custom-object=\"test-10\"", point.ToLineProtocol());
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal class GenericObject
+    {
+        internal string Value1 { get; set; }
+        internal int Value2 { get; set; }
+
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return $"{Value1}-{Value2}";
+        }
     }
 }

Client/Writes/PointData.Builder.cs

@@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ public Builder Field(string name, bool value)
                 return PutField(name, value);
             }
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Add a field with an <see cref="object"/> value.
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <param name="name">the field name</param>
+            /// <param name="value">the field value</param>
+            /// <returns>this</returns>
+            public Builder Field(string name, object value)
+            {
+                return PutField(name, value);
+            }
+
             /// <summary>
             /// Updates the timestamp for the point.
             /// </summary>

Client/Writes/PointData.cs

@@ -202,6 +202,17 @@ public PointData Field(string name, bool value)
             return PutField(name, value);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a field with an <see cref="object"/> value.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">the field name</param>
+        /// <param name="value">the field value</param>
+        /// <returns>this</returns>
+        public PointData Field(string name, object value)
+        {
+            return PutField(name, value);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Updates the timestamp for the point.
         /// </summary>
@@ -489,7 +500,9 @@ private bool AppendFields(StringBuilder sb)
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    sb.Append(value);
+                    sb.Append('"');
+                    EscapeValue(sb, value.ToString());
+                    sb.Append('"');
                 }
 
                 sb.Append(',');