/// <summary>
/// Gets the data from this component, serialized to the specified type. The data is
/// retrieved from the base component, serialized with JSON, and reconstituted as type
/// T in the memory space of the caller.
///
/// The target type must exist and be a [JsonObject] in both this assembly and the
/// target component's assembly.
///
/// This method is somewhat slow and memory intensive, and should be used sparingly.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The data type to retrieve and into which to convert.</typeparam>
/// <param name="defValue">The default value if the instance data is unset.</param>
/// <returns>The data, or defValue if the instance data has not been set or cannot be serialized.</returns>
public T GetInstanceDataSerialized <T>(T defValue = default)
{
var remoteData = InstanceData;
T result = defValue;
using (var buffer = new MemoryStream(1024)) {
try {
var writer = new StreamWriter(buffer, Encoding.UTF8);
SerializationSettings.Serialize(writer, remoteData);
writer.Flush();
buffer.Position = 0L;
var reader = new StreamReader(buffer, Encoding.UTF8);
if (SerializationSettings.Deserialize(reader, typeof(T)) is T decoded)
{
result = decoded;
}
} catch (JsonException e) {
PUtil.LogError("Unable to serialize instance data for component " + ID +
":");
PUtil.LogException(e);
result = defValue;
}
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the shared data between components with this ID, serialized to the specified
/// type. The shared data is retrieved, serialized with JSON, and reconstituted as type
/// T in the memory space of the caller.
///
/// The target type must exist and be a [JsonObject] in both this assembly and the
/// target component's assembly.
///
/// This method is somewhat slow and memory intensive, and should be used sparingly.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The data type to retrieve and into which to convert.</typeparam>
/// <param name="defValue">The default value if the shared data is unset.</param>
/// <returns>The data, or defValue if the shared data has not been set or cannot be serialized.</returns>
public T GetSharedDataSerialized <T>(T defValue = default)
{
var remoteData = PRegistry.Instance.GetSharedData(ID);
T result = defValue;
using (var buffer = new MemoryStream(1024)) {
try {
SerializationSettings.Serialize(new StreamWriter(buffer, Encoding.UTF8),
remoteData);
buffer.Position = 0L;
if (SerializationSettings.Deserialize(new StreamReader(buffer,
Encoding.UTF8), typeof(T)) is T decoded)
{
result = decoded;
}
} catch (JsonException e) {
PUtil.LogError("Unable to serialize shared data for component " + ID +
":");
PUtil.LogException(e);
result = defValue;
}
}
return(result);
}
