private object createObjectFromMultidimensionalArrayProperty(MultiDimensionalArrayProperty property)
{
// determine array type
MultiDimensionalArrayCreatingInfo creatingInfo =
getMultiDimensionalArrayCreatingInfo(property.DimensionInfos);
// Instantiating the array
Array array = createArrayInstance(property.ElementType, creatingInfo.Lengths, creatingInfo.LowerBounds);
if (property.Reference != null)
{
// property has Reference, only objects referenced multiple times
// have properties with references. Object must be cached to
// resolve its references in the future.
_objectCache.Add(property.Reference.Id, array);
}
// fill the values
foreach (MultiDimensionalArrayItem item in property.Items)
{
object value = CreateObject(item.Value);
if (value != null)
{
array.SetValue(value, item.Indexes);
}
}
return(array);
}
/// <summary>
/// This internal class helps to instantiate the multidimensional array
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "infos"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static MultiDimensionalArrayCreatingInfo getMultiDimensionalArrayCreatingInfo(
IEnumerable <DimensionInfo> infos)
{
var lengths = new List <int>();
var lowerBounds = new List <int>();
foreach (DimensionInfo info in infos)
{
lengths.Add(info.Length);
lowerBounds.Add(info.LowerBound);
}
var result = new MultiDimensionalArrayCreatingInfo();
result.Lengths = lengths.ToArray();
result.LowerBounds = lowerBounds.ToArray();
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// This internal class helps to instantiate the multidimensional array
/// </summary>
/// <param name="infos"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static MultiDimensionalArrayCreatingInfo getMultiDimensionalArrayCreatingInfo(
IEnumerable<DimensionInfo> infos)
{
var lengths = new List<int>();
var lowerBounds = new List<int>();
foreach (var info in infos)
{
lengths.Add(info.Length);
lowerBounds.Add(info.LowerBound);
}
var result = new MultiDimensionalArrayCreatingInfo();
result.Lengths = lengths.ToArray();
result.LowerBounds = lowerBounds.ToArray();
return result;
}
