/// <summary>
/// Create an exact copy of the given tree node but replace all leaf values of type T1 by values
/// of type T2 using the given cast function
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T1"></typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="T2"></typeparam>
/// <param name="treeNode"></param>
/// <param name="castFunc"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static SimpleTreeBranchDictionaryByIndex <T2> Cast <T1, T2>(this SimpleTreeBranchDictionaryByIndex <T1> treeNode, Func <T1, T2> castFunc)
{
var newTreeNode = new SimpleTreeBranchDictionaryByIndex <T2>();
foreach (var pair in treeNode)
{
newTreeNode.Add(pair.Key, Cast(pair.Value, castFunc));
}
return(newTreeNode);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create an exact copy of the given tree node but replace all leaf values of type T1 by values
/// of type string using the ToString() method
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T1"></typeparam>
/// <param name="treeNode"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static SimpleTreeBranchDictionaryByIndex <string> ToStringTree <T1>(this SimpleTreeBranchDictionaryByIndex <T1> treeNode)
{
var newTreeNode = new SimpleTreeBranchDictionaryByIndex <string>();
foreach (var pair in treeNode)
{
newTreeNode.Add(pair.Key, ToStringTree(pair.Value));
}
return(newTreeNode);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create an exact copy of the given tree node but replace all leaf values of type T1 by values
/// of type T2 using the as operator
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T1"></typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="T2"></typeparam>
/// <param name="treeNode"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static SimpleTreeBranchDictionaryByIndex <T2> Cast <T1, T2>(this SimpleTreeBranchDictionaryByIndex <T1> treeNode)
where T1 : class
where T2 : class
{
var newTreeNode = new SimpleTreeBranchDictionaryByIndex <T2>();
foreach (var pair in treeNode)
{
newTreeNode.Add(pair.Key, Cast <T1, T2>(pair.Value));
}
return(newTreeNode);
}