public static Dictionary ToDictionary(string strText)
{
strText = strText.Trim();
Debug.Assert(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strText));
if (strText[0] != '{' || strText[strText.Length - 1] != '}')
{
return(null);
}
Dictionary dict = new Dictionary();
strText = strText.Substring(1, strText.Length - 2); // remove '{' & '}'
int begin = 0;
int end = strText.Length;
while (begin < end)
{
int beginKey = begin;
int endKey = beginKey;
MatchStack stackKey = new MatchStack();
while (endKey < end && (!stackKey.IsEmpty() || strText[endKey] != ':'))
{
stackKey.Push(strText[endKey]);
endKey++;
}
Debug.Assert(endKey < end);
string key = strText.Substring(beginKey, endKey - beginKey).Trim();
Debug.Assert(key.Length < 2 || (key[0] == '"') == (key[key.Length - 1] == '"'));
if (key.Length >= 2 && key[0] == '"' && key[key.Length - 1] == '"')
{
key = key.Substring(1, key.Length - 2);
}
int beginValue = endKey + 1;
int endValue = beginValue;
MatchStack stackValue = new MatchStack();
while (endValue < end && (!stackValue.IsEmpty() || strText[endValue] != ','))
{
stackValue.Push(strText[endValue]);
endValue++;
}
string value = strText.Substring(beginValue, endValue - beginValue).Trim();
Debug.Assert(value.Length < 2 || (value[0] == '"') == (value[value.Length - 1] == '"'));
if (value.Length >= 2 && value[0] == '"' && value[value.Length - 1] == '"')
{
value = value.Substring(1, value.Length - 2);
}
begin = endValue + 1;
Debug.Assert(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(key) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(value));
dict.Add(key, value);
}
return(dict);
}
public static Array ToArray(string strText)
{
strText = strText.Trim();
Debug.Assert(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strText));
if (strText[0] != '[' || strText[strText.Length - 1] != ']')
{
return(null);
}
Array array = new Array();
strText = strText.Substring(1, strText.Length - 2); // remove '[' & ']'
int begin = 0;
int end = strText.Length;
while (begin < end)
{
int beginItem = begin;
int endItem = beginItem;
MatchStack stackKey = new MatchStack();
while (endItem < end && (!stackKey.IsEmpty() || strText[endItem] != ','))
{
stackKey.Push(strText[endItem]);
endItem++;
}
string item = strText.Substring(beginItem, endItem - beginItem).Trim();
Debug.Assert(item.Length < 2 || (item[0] == '"') == (item[item.Length - 1] == '"'));
if (item.Length >= 2 && item[0] == '"' && item[item.Length - 1] == '"')
{
item = item.Substring(1, item.Length - 2);
}
begin = endItem + 1;
Debug.Assert(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item));
array.Add(item);
}
return(array);
}
