private static void OverrideReferenceFields(DictionaryBasedEntity entity)
{
ICollection <string> keys = new List <string>(entity.GetProperties().Keys);
foreach (string key in keys)
{
object value = entity.GetValue(key);
if (value is Dictionary <string, object> )
{
Dictionary <string, object> pairValue = (Dictionary <string, object>)value;
if (pairValue.ContainsKey("total_count"))//list of entities
{
EntityList <BaseEntity> entityList = new EntityList <BaseEntity>();
IList data = (IList)((Dictionary <string, object>)value)["data"];
for (int i = 0; i < data.Count; i++)
{
Dictionary <string, object> rawEntity = (Dictionary <string, object>)data[i];
BaseEntity baseEntity = ConvertToBaseEntity(rawEntity);
OverrideReferenceFields(baseEntity);
entityList.data.Add(baseEntity);
}
entity.SetValue(key, entityList);
}
else //single entity
{
BaseEntity baseEntity = ConvertToBaseEntity(pairValue);
OverrideReferenceFields(baseEntity);
entity.SetValue(key, baseEntity);
}
}
}
}
public override object Deserialize(IDictionary <string, object> dictionary, Type type, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
{
DictionaryBasedEntity entity = (DictionaryBasedEntity)Activator.CreateInstance(type);
entity.SetProperties(dictionary);
OverrideReferenceFields(entity);
return(entity);
}
public override IDictionary <string, object> Serialize(object obj, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
{
Dictionary <string, object> result = new Dictionary <string, object>();
if (obj == null)
{
return(result);
}
DictionaryBasedEntity entity = ((DictionaryBasedEntity)obj);
return(entity.GetProperties());
}