public static BaseElement Deserialize(XmlElement xml)
{
string metadataType = xml.GetAttribute("Metadata-type");
Type parentType = typeof(BaseElement);
Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
Type[] types = assembly.GetTypes();
IEnumerable <Type> subclasses = types.Where(t => t.IsSubclassOf(parentType));
foreach (Type type in subclasses)
{
if (type.Name == metadataType)
{
BaseElement instance = (BaseElement)Activator.CreateInstance(type);
instance.DeserializeFromXml(xml);
return(instance);
}
}
return(null);
}
private static void FillLinkTable(AssociativeTable <BaseElement, List <BaseElement> > linkTable, BaseElement current)
{
if (!linkTable.IsKeyInTable(current))
{
linkTable.Add(current, new List <BaseElement>());
}
if (current is Category category)
{
foreach (var child in category)
{
linkTable[current].Add(child);
FillLinkTable(linkTable, child);
}
}
}
