public IDictionary <string, object> FlattenDictionary()
{
Dictionary <string, object> toUpdate = new Dictionary <string, object>();
if (IsLeaf)
{
toUpdate.Add("value", ((DataLeaf)this).Value);
}
else
{
DataBranch branch = (DataBranch)this;
foreach (var item in branch.Keys)
{
var child = branch[item];
if (child.IsLeaf)
{
toUpdate[item] = ((DataLeaf)child).Value;
}
else
{
foreach (var childItem in child.FlattenDictionary())
{
toUpdate[item + "/" + childItem.Key] = childItem.Value;
}
}
}
}
return(toUpdate);
}
public override void Merge(DataBranch data)
{
if (data.IsLeaf)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
foreach (var item in data)
{
if (ContainsKey(item.Key))
{
if (item.Value == null)
{
//i think this neve happens.
children.Remove(item.Key);
}
else
{
if (children[item.Key].IsLeaf != item.Value.IsLeaf || item.Value.IsLeaf)
{
//this might override the leaf with a new one with the same value.
children[item.Key] = item.Value;
}
else
{
//i can only get here if i have two branches to merge.
children[item.Key].AsBranch().Merge(item.Value.AsBranch());
}
}
}
else
{
if (item.Value != null)
{
children[item.Key] = item.Value;
}
}
}
}
public abstract void Merge(DataBranch data);
public override void Merge(DataBranch data)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
