private static object DeserializeArray(XmlReader xmlReader)
{
string startingElementName = xmlReader.Name;
xmlReader.Read();
string arrayType = xmlReader.Name;
ArrayList array = new ArrayList();
Type returnType = null;
while (xmlReader.Name != startingElementName)
{
string tempValue = xmlReader.ReadElementString();
switch (arrayType)
{
case "boolean":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(bool);
array.Add(tempValue == "true");
break;
// TODO: this is not an array but a base64 encoded string
//case "byte":
// //returnType = returnType ?? typeof(bool);
// //return Convert.FromBase64String(tempValue);
// //throw new Exception("Should never reach this");
// break;
case "byte":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(sbyte);
array.Add(Convert.ToSByte(tempValue));
break;
case "char":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(char);
array.Add(Convert.ToChar(Convert.ToByte(tempValue)));
break;
case "dateTime":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(DateTime);
array.Add(GetDateTimeFromString(tempValue));
break;
case "double":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(double);
array.Add(Convert.ToDouble(tempValue));
break;
case "guid":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(Guid);
array.Add(GetGuidFromString(tempValue));
break;
case "short":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(short);
array.Add(Convert.ToInt16(tempValue));
break;
case "unsignedShort":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(ushort);
array.Add(Convert.ToUInt16(tempValue));
break;
case "int":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(int);
array.Add(Convert.ToInt32(tempValue));
break;
case "unsignedInt":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(uint);
array.Add(Convert.ToUInt32(tempValue));
break;
case "long":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(long);
array.Add(Convert.ToInt64(tempValue));
break;
case "unsignedLong":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(ulong);
array.Add(Convert.ToUInt64(tempValue));
break;
case "float":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(float);
array.Add((Single)Convert.ToDouble(tempValue));
break;
case "string":
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(string);
array.Add(tempValue);
break;
default:
returnType = returnType ?? typeof(object);
break;
}
}
return array.ToArray(returnType);
}