/// <summary>
/// Clones a cached CustomAttributeTypedArgument list into a freshly allocated one suitable for direct return through an api.
/// </summary>
public static ReadOnlyCollection <CustomAttributeTypedArgument> CloneForApiReturn(this IList <CustomAttributeTypedArgument> cats)
{
int count = cats.Count;
CustomAttributeTypedArgument[] clones = new CustomAttributeTypedArgument[count];
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
clones[i] = cats[i].CloneForApiReturn();
}
return(clones.ToReadOnlyCollection());
}
/// <summary>
/// Clones a cached CustomAttributeTypedArgument into a freshly allocated one suitable for direct return through an api.
/// </summary>
private static CustomAttributeTypedArgument CloneForApiReturn(this CustomAttributeTypedArgument cat)
{
Type type = cat.ArgumentType;
object?value = cat.Value;
if (!(value is IList <CustomAttributeTypedArgument> cats))
{
return(cat);
}
int count = cats.Count;
CustomAttributeTypedArgument[] cads = new CustomAttributeTypedArgument[count];
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
cads[i] = cats[i].CloneForApiReturn();
}
return(new CustomAttributeTypedArgument(type, cads.ToReadOnlyCollection()));
}
