public static IPropertyState <T> RegisterOption <T>(OptionCategory category, string name, T defaultValue)
{
if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(OptionCategory), category))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid category.");
}
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Option registration is empty.", "name");
}
if (name.IndexOfAny(new[] { '.', '\\', ' ', ':' }) > 0)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Option registration contains invalid characters.", "name");
}
string categoryName = Enum.GetName(typeof(OptionCategory), category);
string optionName = String.Format("{0}.{1}", categoryName, name);
IPropertyState <T> state = null;
var propertyName = PropertyManager.CreatePropertyName(optionName);
if (c_registeredProperties.ContainsKey(propertyName))
{
state = c_registeredProperties[propertyName] as IPropertyState <T>;
if (state == null)
{
throw new Exception("Duplicate option registration with a different type for {0}.");
}
WriteLine("Duplicate option registration: ", propertyName);
}
else
{
state = PropertyManager.Create(propertyName, defaultValue);
c_registeredProperties.Add(propertyName, state);
c_registeredPropertiesList.Add(state);
}
return(state);
}
