/// <summary>
/// To dump the content of a dictionary.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dictionary"></param>
public static void PrintDictionary(Dictionary <string, string> dictionary)
{
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, string> kvp in dictionary)
{
string msg = "key: " + kvp.Key + "=> value: " + kvp.Value;
TakaoHelper.msg(msg);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// A helper to generate a dicitonary from a plist(xml) file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filename">The filename of the xml source.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Dictionary <string, string> DictionaryFromFile(string filename)
{
Dictionary <string, string> dictionary = new Dictionary <string, string>();
if (System.IO.File.Exists(filename))
{
try
{
XmlTextReader myReader = new XmlTextReader(filename);
myReader.XmlResolver = null;
string myKey = "";
string myValue = "";
List <string> items = new List <string>();
while (myReader.Read())
{
if (myReader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
{
if (myReader.Name == "key")
{
myReader.Read();
myKey = myReader.Value.Trim();
}
if (myReader.Name == "array")
{
if (myReader.IsEmptyElement)
{
items.Clear();
}
else
{
while (myReader.Read() && !(myReader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.EndElement && myReader.Name == "array"))
{
if (myReader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element &&
myReader.Name == "string")
{
myReader.Read();
items.Add(myReader.Value.Trim());
}
}
}
myValue = TakaoHelper.SerializeListToString(items);
TakaoHelper.msg(myValue);
if (myKey.Length > 0)
{
dictionary.Add(myKey, myValue);
}
items.Clear();
myKey = "";
myValue = "";
}
if (myReader.Name == "string")
{
myReader.Read();
myValue = myReader.Value.Trim();
if (myKey.Length > 0)
{
dictionary.Add(myKey, myValue);
}
myKey = "";
myValue = "";
}
}
}
myReader.Close();
}
catch {
}
}
return(dictionary);
}