/// <summary>
/// Creates a structurally equivalent path segment from a given segment.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="segment">The segment to copy the structure of.</param>
/// <returns>A structurally equivalent copy of the given segment.</returns>
public static IStonPathSegment Copy(IStonPathSegment segment)
{
if (segment == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("segment");
}
if (segment is IStonAncestorPathSegment)
{
return(StonAncestorPathSegment.Copy(segment as IStonAncestorPathSegment));
}
if (segment is IStonMemberPathSegment)
{
return(StonMemberPathSegment.Copy(segment as IStonMemberPathSegment));
}
if (segment is IStonCollectionElementPathSegment)
{
return(StonCollectionElementPathSegment.Copy(segment as IStonCollectionElementPathSegment));
}
throw new StonImplementationException(segment.GetType(), typeof(IStonPathSegment), typeof(IStonAncestorPathSegment), typeof(IStonMemberPathSegment), typeof(IStonCollectionElementPathSegment));
}
/// <summary>
/// Checks the validity of a given STON path segment.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="segment">The path segment to check the validity of.</param>
public static void ValidatePathSegment(IStonPathSegment segment)
{
if (segment == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("segment");
}
else if (segment is IStonAncestorPathSegment)
{
ValidatePathSegment(segment as IStonAncestorPathSegment);
}
else if (segment is IStonMemberPathSegment)
{
ValidatePathSegment(segment as IStonMemberPathSegment);
}
else if (segment is IStonCollectionElementPathSegment)
{
ValidatePathSegment(segment as IStonCollectionElementPathSegment);
}
else
{
throw new StonImplementationException(segment.GetType(), typeof(IStonPathSegment), typeof(IStonAncestorPathSegment), typeof(IStonMemberPathSegment), typeof(IStonCollectionElementPathSegment));
}
}
// writes any path segment
private void WritePathSegment(StonTokenWriter writer, IStonPathSegment segment)
{
if (segment == null)
{
throw new StonException("A non-existing path segment has been found in the structure to be written.");
}
else if (segment is IStonAncestorPathSegment)
{
WritePathSegment(writer, segment as IStonAncestorPathSegment);
}
else if (segment is IStonMemberPathSegment)
{
WritePathSegment(writer, segment as IStonMemberPathSegment);
}
else if (segment is IStonCollectionElementPathSegment)
{
WritePathSegment(writer, segment as IStonCollectionElementPathSegment);
}
else
{
throw new StonImplementationException(segment.GetType(), typeof(IStonPathSegment), typeof(IStonAncestorPathSegment), typeof(IStonMemberPathSegment), typeof(IStonCollectionElementPathSegment));
}
}