/// <summary>Serialize a given Object to VelocyPack.</summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Serialize a given Object to VelocyPack. This method is for serialization of types with generic parameter like
/// Collection, List, Map.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="entity">The Object to serialize</param>
/// <param name="type">The source type of the Object.</param>
/// <param name="serializeNullValues">Whether or not null values should be excluded from serialization.
/// </param>
/// <returns>the serialized VelocyPack</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArangoDBException"/>
public virtual VPackSlice Serialize(object entity, global::System.Type type, bool serializeNullValues)
{
try
{
VPack vp = serializeNullValues ? this.vpackerNull : this.vpacker;
return(vp.serialize(entity, type));
}
catch (VPackException e)
{
throw new ArangoDBException(e);
}
}
/// <summary>Serialize a given Object to VelocyPack</summary>
/// <param name="entity">The Object to serialize. If it is from type String, it will be handled as a Json.
/// </param>
/// <param name="serializeNullValues">Whether or not null values should be excluded from serialization.
/// </param>
/// <returns>the serialized VelocyPack</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArangoDBException"/>
public virtual VPackSlice Serialize(object entity, bool serializeNullValues)
{
try
{
VPackSlice vpack;
if (entity is string || typeof(string).IsCastableTo(entity.GetType()) || typeof(string).IsCastableTo(entity.GetType(), true))
{
vpack = this.vpackParser.fromJson((string)entity, serializeNullValues);
}
else
{
VPack vp = serializeNullValues ? this.vpackerNull : this.vpacker;
vpack = vp.serialize(entity);
}
return(vpack);
}
catch (VPackException e)
{
throw new ArangoDBException(e);
}
}