/// <summary>
/// Save an object. This will return the object id for the Saveable
/// passed in. If this saveable was already found it will return the
/// previously assigned id, otherwise it will make a new one. If save is
/// null then this function will return NullObject;
/// </summary>
/// <param name="save">The object to identify and save.</param>
/// <returns>See description.</returns>
internal long saveObject(Saveable save)
{
if (save == null)
{
return(NullObject);
}
if (identiferMap.ContainsKey(save))
{
return(identiferMap[save].ObjectID);
}
else
{
SaveInfo info = checkOutSaveInfo();
ObjectIdentifier identifier = new ObjectIdentifier(currentObjectID++, save, save.GetType());
identiferMap.Add(save, identifier);
save.getInfo(info);
writeObject(identifier, info);
checkInSaveInfo(info);
return(identifier.ObjectID);
}
}
