/// <summary>
/// Returns a clone of this nested dictionary and all its descendants.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A clone of this nested dictionary and all its descendants.</returns>
public NestedDictionary Clone()
{
NestedDictionary p_clone = new NestedDictionary();
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, NestedDictionaryNode> ndf_entry in this)
{
p_clone.Add(ndf_entry.Key, ndf_entry.Value.Clone());
}
return(p_clone);
}
public static NestedDictionary Serialize <T>(T value)
{
var ndf = new NestedDictionary();
ndf.Add("", new NestedDictionaryNode()
{
Key = ""
});
if (value != null)
{
Serializer <T> .Serialize(ndf, value);
}
return(ndf);
}
private static void AddNode(List <NestedDictionary> p_ndf, ref NestedDictionary p_current_dict, ref NestedDictionaryNode p_current_node)
{
string p_node_key = p_current_node.Key;
if (p_node_key == null)
{
return; // only occurs should the "node" be a reference
}
if (!p_current_dict.ContainsKey(p_node_key))
{
p_current_dict.Add(p_node_key, p_current_node);
}
else
{
p_ndf.Add(p_current_dict);
p_current_dict = new NestedDictionary();
p_current_dict.Add(p_node_key, p_current_node);
}
p_current_node = new NestedDictionaryNode();
}
