/// <summary>
/// Creates a new instance of the attribute inside the given key
/// so it can be modified without affecting this class's internal list.
/// Once modified, pass it into <see cref="SetAttribute(string, IAttribute)"/>
/// to modify the value.
/// </summary>
public TAttr CloneAttributeAsType <TAttr>(string key) where TAttr : IAttribute
{
this.KeyCheck(key);
TAttr attr = AttributeFactory.CreateAttribute <TAttr>();
if (attr.AttributeType != this.attributes[key].AttributeType)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(
"Attribute Types not compatible, need to pass in the correct attribute type for key '" + key + "'"
);
}
attr.Deserialize(this.attributes[key].Serialize());
return(attr);
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds a new key that is set to an empty instance.
/// Internal since we only do this when creating a new Asset that
/// consumers of the API will use.
/// </summary>
internal void AddEmptyAttribute(string newKey, AttributeTypes attributeType)
{
this.attributes[newKey] = AttributeFactory.CreateAttribute(attributeType);
}