how to get geometry type of layer using IMapServer3 and IMapLayerInfo? (C#)

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/11481-how-to-get-geometry-type-of-layer-using-IMapServer3-and-IMapLayerInfo-(C-)

I need to create a REST extension that will return JSON looking like that:

"layers" : [ { "MaxScale" : 0,
        "MinScale" : 0,
        "defaultVisibility" : true,
        "geometryType" : null,
        "id" : 0,
        "name" : "Name",
        "parentLayerId" : -1,
        "subLayerIds" : [ 1, 2 ]
      },
      { "MaxScale" : 0,
        "MinScale" : 0,
        "defaultVisibility" : false,
        "geometryType" : "esriGeometryPoint",
        "id" : 1,
        "name" : "NAME Offices",
        "parentLayerId" : 0,
        "subLayerIds" : null
      }
      ...

As I'm able to get almost all informations that I want, I have only issue getting geometryType anddefaultVisibility.

I was trying to find a way by looking into DOCS, I'm sure If I will be able to get IGeometry interface I should be able to get geometry type, but how to get IGeometry interface starting from IMapServer3? Or there is other way to do it?

Here is a code that is creating list of layers in JSON format:
private XxxLayerInfo[] GetLayerInfos()
{
    IMapServer3 mapServer = _serverObjectHelper.ServerObject as IMapServer3;
    if (mapServer == null)
        throw new Exception("Unable to access XXX map server.");

    IMapServerInfo msInfo = mapServer.GetServerInfo(mapServer.DefaultMapName);
    IMapLayerInfos layerInfos = msInfo.MapLayerInfos;
    int length = layerInfos.Count;

    XxxLayerInfo[] xxxLayerInfos = new XxxLayerInfo[c][/c];

    for(int i = 0; i < length; i++)
    {
        IMapLayerInfo layerInfo = layerInfos.get_Element(i);
        xxxLayerInfos[i] = XxxLayerInfo.CreateXxxLayerInfo(layerInfo);
    }

    return xxxLayerInfos;
}

public static XxxLayerInfo CreateXxxLayerInfo(IMapLayerInfo mapLayerInfo)
{
    var layer = new XxxLayerInfo();
    layer.Id = mapLayerInfo.ID;
    layer.Name = mapLayerInfo.Name;
    layer.GeometryType = null; //mapLayerInfo.GeometryType - HOW TO GET this?;
    layer.DefaultVisibility = false; //mapLayerInfo.DefaultVisibility - HOW TO GET this?;
    layer.MinScale = mapLayerInfo.MinScale;
    layer.MaxScale = mapLayerInfo.MaxScale;
    layer.ParentLayerId = mapLayerInfo.ParentLayerID;
    layer.SubLayers = mapLayerInfo.SubLayers;

    return layer;
}

Ok, there is a way to do it with multiply casts and few extra loops (esri why?)

As what surprising is that after 2 (?) months question staid without answer - the only place for Q reg ESRI.

The full desc how to do it can be found here - text in PL.

If you are interested only in code, here it is:

// get map info
public static MapInfo ConstructFrom(IMapServer3 mapServer3)
{
    // IMapServerInfo3 contains CopyrightText prop, 1 & 2 does not
    var mapServerInfo = (IMapServerInfo3)mapServer3.GetServerInfo(mapServer3.DefaultMapName);

    var mapInfo = new MapInfo
                    {
                        Description = mapServerInfo.Description,
                        MapName = mapServerInfo.Name,
                        CopyrightText = mapServerInfo.CopyrightText
                    };

    IMapLayerInfos layerInfos = mapServerInfo.MapLayerInfos;
    for (int i = 0; i < layerInfos.Count; i++)
    {
        var layerInfo = layerInfos.Element[i];

        mapInfo.Layers.Add(
            LayerInfo.ConstructFrom(
                layerInfo,
                LayerInfo.IsLayerVisible(mapServerInfo, layerInfo.ID)
        ));
    }

    return mapInfo;
}

// get layer info
private static readonly int[] AvaliableReports = new[] {17,18,19,20};
public static LayerInfo ConstructFrom(IMapLayerInfo mapLayerInfo, bool visible)
{
    var layerInfo = new LayerInfo
    {
        Id = mapLayerInfo.ID,
        DisplayField = mapLayerInfo.DisplayField,
        ScaleUpper = (int)mapLayerInfo.MaxScale,
        ScaleLower = (int)mapLayerInfo.MinScale,
        Name = mapLayerInfo.Name,
        Description = mapLayerInfo.Description,
        DefaultVisibility = visible,
        ParentLayerId = mapLayerInfo.ParentLayerID,
    };

    IFields fields = mapLayerInfo.Fields;
    bool addFields = false;
    if (fields != null)
    {
        for (int j = 0; j < fields.FieldCount; j++)
        {
            IField field = fields.Field[j];

            if (field.Type == esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeString)
            {
                layerInfo.DictFields[field.Name] = field.AliasName;
                continue;
            }

            if(field.Type != esriFieldType.esriFieldTypeGeometry)
            {
                continue;
            }

            IGeometryDef geometryDef = field.GeometryDef;

            layerInfo.GeometryType = Enum.GetName(typeof(esriGeometryType), geometryDef.GeometryType);

            switch (geometryDef.GeometryType)
            {
                case esriGeometryType.esriGeometryNull:
                    layerInfo.GeometryType = null;
                    break;
                case esriGeometryType.esriGeometryPoint:
                    addFields = true;
                    break;
            }
        }
    }

    // hack: this should be done in a proper way... but for now is enough
    layerInfo.ContainsReport = AvaliableReports.Contains(layerInfo.Id);

    if(!addFields)
    {
        layerInfo.DictFields = new Dictionary<string, string>();
    }

    if (mapLayerInfo.SubLayers == null)
    {
        return layerInfo;
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < mapLayerInfo.SubLayers.Count; i++)
    {
        layerInfo.SubLayerIds.Add(mapLayerInfo.SubLayers.Element[i]);
    }

    return layerInfo;
}

// get default visibility
public static bool IsLayerVisible(IMapServerInfo3 mapServerInfo, int layerId)
{
    ILayerDescriptions layerDescs = mapServerInfo.DefaultMapDescription.LayerDescriptions;
    long c = layerDescs.Count;

    for (long i = 0; i < c; i++)
    {
        var layerDesc = (ILayerDescription3)layerDescs.Element[i];

        if (layerDesc.ID == layerId)
        {
            return layerDesc.Visible;
        }
    }

    return false;
}