/// <summary>
/// Parses a string representation of a Lookup value to a LookupFieldValue instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fieldValue">Field value to parse.</param>
/// <returns>LookupFieldValue instance representing the specified string value.</returns>
public static LookupFieldValue Parse(string fieldValue)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fieldValue))
{
return(null);
}
LookupFieldValue result = new LookupFieldValue();
if (fieldValue == "***")
{
result.IsSecret = true;
}
else
{
//
// Find the delimiter.
//
int index = fieldValue.IndexOf(";#", StringComparison.Ordinal);
//
// Set the id.
//
int id;
if (!int.TryParse(fieldValue.Substring(0, index), NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out id))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid lookup field identifier.", "fieldValue");
}
result._id = id;
//
// Set the value.
//
if (index >= 0)
{
index += 2;
if (index < fieldValue.Length)
{
result._value = fieldValue.Substring(index, fieldValue.Length - index);
}
}
else
{
result._value = "";
}
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses a string representation of a LookupMulti value to a LookupMultiFieldValue instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fieldValue">Field value to parse.</param>
/// <returns>LookupMultiFieldValue instance representing the specified string value.</returns>
public static LookupMultiFieldValue Parse(string fieldValue)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fieldValue))
{
return(null);
}
LookupMultiFieldValue result = new LookupMultiFieldValue();
//
// Keep track of found identifiers to eliminate duplicates.
//
Dictionary <int, bool> values = new Dictionary <int, bool>();
//
// Remove trailing ;# if present.
//
if (fieldValue.StartsWith(";#", StringComparison.Ordinal))
{
fieldValue = fieldValue.Substring(2);
}
//
// Find all the id;#value sequences and parse them.
//
int b = 0;
int j;
while (b < fieldValue.Length)
{
//
// Look for next occurrence of ;#.
//
int i = fieldValue.IndexOf(";#", b, StringComparison.Ordinal);
//
// If the current position (b) and the position where a delimiter is found are the same, there's no id.
// In this case we'll need to skip the value part of the pair and move on to the next pair.
//
bool skip = (i == b);
//
// No more occurrences of delimiters, take the remainder of the string.
//
if (i < 0)
{
j = fieldValue.Length;
}
//
// Delimiter found. Skip it, and try to find a corresponding value by looking for the next delimiter.
//
else
{
i += 2;
if (i < fieldValue.Length)
{
j = fieldValue.IndexOf(";#", i, StringComparison.Ordinal);
if (j < 0)
{
j = fieldValue.Length;
}
}
else
{
j = fieldValue.Length;
}
}
//
// If the pair was considered valid, i.e. no absent id part, parse it.
//
if (!skip)
{
string t = fieldValue.Substring(b, j - b);
if (t != ";#")
{
try
{
//
// Parse the pair and look for duplicates.
//
var val = LookupFieldValue.Parse(t);
if (!values.ContainsKey(val.Id))
{
values.Add(val.Id, true);
result._values.Add(val);
}
}
catch (ArgumentException) { }
}
}
//
// Get rid of the last delimiter and move on to the next pair.
//
b = j + 2;
}
return(result);
}