/// <summary>
/// Returns a serializer that can be used to serialize and object
/// of type <paramref name="objectType"/>.
/// <note>
/// TODO: Add support for caching.
/// </note>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objectType">The type of object to be serialized.</param>
/// <param name="ctx">The serialization context.</param>
virtual public ISerializer Build(Type objectType, ISerializationContext ctx)
{
if (objectType != null)
{
ISerializer s = null;
if (typeof(IICalendar).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = new iCalendarSerializer();
}
else if (typeof(ICalendarComponent).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
if (typeof(IEvent).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = new EventSerializer();
}
else if (typeof(IUniqueComponent).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = new UniqueComponentSerializer();
}
else
{
s = new ComponentSerializer();
}
}
else if (typeof(ICalendarProperty).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = new PropertySerializer();
}
else if (typeof(ICalendarParameter).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = new ParameterSerializer();
}
else if (typeof(string).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = new StringSerializer();
}
else if (objectType.GetTypeInfo().IsEnum)
{
s = new EnumSerializer(objectType);
}
else if (typeof(TimeSpan).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = new TimeSpanSerializer();
}
else if (typeof(int).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = new IntegerSerializer();
}
else if (typeof(Uri).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = new UriSerializer();
}
else if (typeof(ICalendarDataType).IsAssignableFrom(objectType))
{
s = m_DataTypeSerializerFactory.Build(objectType, ctx);
}
// Default to a string serializer, which simply calls
// ToString() on the value to serialize it.
else
{
s = new StringSerializer();
}
// Set the serialization context
if (s != null)
{
s.SerializationContext = ctx;
}
return(s);
}
return(null);
}
// save the intermediate ics file for the source type represented in ical
private BlobStorageResponse SerializeIcalEventsToIcs(iCalendar ical, SourceType type)
{
var serializer = new DDay.iCal.Serialization.iCalendar.iCalendarSerializer();
var ics_text = serializer.SerializeToString(ical);
var ics_bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(ics_text);
var containername = this.id;
return bs.PutBlob(containername, containername + "_" + type.ToString() + ".ics", new Hashtable(), ics_bytes, "text/calendar");
}
