protected override string GetPersistString()
{
var ui = Controls.OfType <RDMPCollectionUI>().Single();
var pin = ui.CommonTreeFunctionality.CurrentlyPinned as IMapsDirectlyToDatabaseTable;
var args = new Dictionary <string, string>();
args.Add("Toolbox", CollectionType.ToString());
if (pin != null)
{
args.Add("Pin", persistStringHelper.GetObjectCollectionPersistString(pin));
}
return(Prefix + PersistStringHelper.Separator + persistStringHelper.SaveDictionaryToString(args));
}
protected override string GetPersistString()
{
var collection = _control.GetCollection();
const char s = PersistStringHelper.Separator;
//Looks something like this RDMPObjectCollection:MyCoolControlUI:MyControlUIsBundleOfObjects:[CatalogueRepository:AggregateConfiguration:105,CatalogueRepository:AggregateConfiguration:102,CatalogueRepository:AggregateConfiguration:101]###EXTRA_TEXT###I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
//Output <Prefix>:<The Control Type>:<The Type name of the Collection - must be new()>:
sb.Append(Prefix + s + _control.GetType().FullName + s + collection.GetType().Name + s);
sb.Append(persistStringHelper.GetObjectCollectionPersistString(collection.DatabaseObjects.ToArray()));
//now add the bit that starts the user specific text
sb.Append(PersistStringHelper.ExtraText);
//let him save whatever text he wants
sb.Append(collection.SaveExtraText());
return(sb.ToString());
}
public string Serialize()
{
var helper = new PersistStringHelper();
return(helper.GetObjectCollectionPersistString(Object) + PersistStringHelper.ExtraText + Date);
}