/// <summary>
/// Serializes the given root element to a binary representation
/// </summary>
/// <param name="rootElement">The root element</param>
/// <param name="encodingName">Optional name of an encoding to use if it is relevant to the current format</param>
/// <returns>The serialized value</returns>
public override byte[] SerializeToBinary(ODataPayloadElement rootElement, string encodingName)
{
ExceptionUtilities.CheckArgumentNotNull(rootElement, "rootElement");
ExceptionUtilities.Assert(rootElement.ElementType == ODataPayloadElementType.ComplexInstance, "Only complex instances form values can be serialized as html forms. Type was: {0}", rootElement.ElementType);
var complexInstance = (ComplexInstance)rootElement;
var queryOpions = new List <KeyValuePair <string, string> >();
foreach (var property in complexInstance.Properties)
{
string value;
if (property.ElementType == ODataPayloadElementType.PrimitiveProperty)
{
value = this.LiteralConverter.SerializePrimitive(((PrimitiveProperty)property).Value.ClrValue);
}
else if (property.ElementType == ODataPayloadElementType.ComplexProperty)
{
value = this.JsonConverter.ConvertToJson(((ComplexProperty)property).Value);
}
else if (property.ElementType == ODataPayloadElementType.PrimitiveMultiValueProperty)
{
value = this.JsonConverter.ConvertToJson(((PrimitiveMultiValueProperty)property).Value);
}
else
{
ExceptionUtilities.Assert(property.ElementType == ODataPayloadElementType.ComplexMultiValueProperty, "Only primitive, complex, and multi-value properties are supported");
value = this.JsonConverter.ConvertToJson(((ComplexMultiValueProperty)property).Value);
}
var option = new KeyValuePair <string, string>(property.Name, value);
queryOpions.Add(option);
}
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
UriHelpers.ConcatenateQueryOptions(builder, queryOpions);
var encoding = HttpUtilities.GetEncodingOrDefault(encodingName);
return(encoding.GetBytes(builder.ToString()));
}
/// <summary>
/// Concatenates the given segments and query options into one string using standard delimiters
/// </summary>
/// <param name="segments">The segments in the order they should appear</param>
/// <param name="queryOptions">The query options in the order they should appear</param>
/// <returns>The concatenated uri string</returns>
protected string ConcatenateSegmentsAndQueryOptions(IEnumerable <ODataUriSegment> segments, IEnumerable <KeyValuePair <string, string> > queryOptions)
{
ExceptionUtilities.CheckArgumentNotNull(segments, "segments");
ExceptionUtilities.CheckArgumentNotNull(queryOptions, "queryOptions");
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
if (segments.Any())
{
this.ConcatenateSegments(builder, segments);
}
if (queryOptions.Any())
{
builder.Append('?');
UriHelpers.ConcatenateQueryOptions(builder, queryOptions);
}
return(builder.ToString());
}