// Factory
public static CopyPasteItemBase FactoryConvertFrom(AdminShell.Referable rf)
{
// try fake a copy paste item (order matters!)
CopyPasteItemBase res = CopyPasteItemSME.ConvertFrom(rf);
if (res == null)
{
res = CopyPasteItemSubmodel.ConvertFrom(rf);
}
if (res == null)
{
res = CopyPasteItemIdentifiable.ConvertFrom(rf);
}
// ok
return(res);
}
public static CopyPasteBuffer FromClipboardString(string cps)
{
// access
if (cps == null)
{
return(null);
}
cps = cps.Trim();
if (cps.Length < 1)
{
return(null);
}
// quite likely to crash
try
{
// be very straight for allowed formats
var isSingleObject = cps.StartsWith("{");
var isArrayObject = cps.StartsWith("[");
// try simple way
if (isSingleObject)
{
// TODO (MIHO, 2021-06-22): think of converting Referable to IAasElement
var obj = AdminShellSerializationHelper.DeserializeFromJSON <AdminShell.Referable>(cps);
// try fake a copy paste item (order matters!)
var cpi = CopyPasteItemBase.FactoryConvertFrom(obj);
if (cpi != null)
{
return new CopyPasteBuffer()
{
Valid = true,
ExternalSource = true,
Duplicate = true,
Items = new ListOfCopyPasteItem(cpi)
}
}
;
}
else
if (isArrayObject)
{
// make array of object
var objarr = AdminShellSerializationHelper
.DeserializePureObjectFromJSON <List <AdminShell.Referable> >(cps);
if (objarr != null)
{
// overall structure
var cpb = new CopyPasteBuffer()
{
Valid = true,
ExternalSource = true,
Duplicate = true,
Items = new ListOfCopyPasteItem()
};
// single items
foreach (var obj in objarr)
{
var cpi = CopyPasteItemBase.FactoryConvertFrom(obj);
if (cpi != null)
{
cpb.Items.Add(cpi);
}
}
// be picky with validity
if (cpb.Items.Count > 0)
{
return(cpb);
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Log.Singleton.Error(ex, "when trying to decode clipboad text");
}
// ups
return(null);
}
public void Clear()
{
this.valid = false;
this.duplicate = false;
this.item = null;
}
