/// <summary>
/// Saves a child object to the TextBase stream.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The child object converted to a TableRecord string.</returns>
/// <param name="parentID">The ID of the parent object.</param>
/// <param name="obj">The C# object to save.</param>
/// <param name="requireForeignKey">If set to <c>true</c>, requires a foreign key.</param>
internal string SaveChild(string parentID, object obj, bool requireForeignKey)
{
// Load the schema
var type = obj.GetType();
var schema = GetSchema(type);
// Is a foreign key required?
if (requireForeignKey)
{
if (schema.ForeignKey == null)
{
throw new MissingForeignKeyException(string.Format("Class {0} has not defined the required ForeignKey attribute that is required to be used in a List marked with the Children attribute.", schema.TableName));
}
else
{
// Save the parent ID
UpdateForeignKey(obj, type, schema, parentID);
}
}
// Get the current record ID
var recordID = PrimaryKey(obj, type, schema);
// Convert to table record
var record = new TextBaseRecord(schema.TableName, ClassToRecord(schema, obj));
// Return record
return(record);
}
/// <summary>
/// Save the specified obj and type to the TextBase database.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The C# object to save.</param>
/// <param name="type">The object's type.</param>
internal string Save(object obj, Type type)
{
// Load the schema
var schema = GetSchema(type);
// Get the current record ID
var recordID = PrimaryKey(obj, type, schema);
// Convert to TextBase record
var record = new TextBaseRecord(schema.TableName, ClassToRecord(schema, obj));
// Return resulting record
return(record);
}
