/// <summary>
/// This is used to provide a configured empty value used when the
/// annotated value is null. This ensures that XML can be created
/// with required details regardless of whether values are null or
/// not. It also provides a means for sensible default values.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">
/// this is the context object for the serialization
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// this returns the string to use for default values
/// </returns>
public Object GetEmpty(Context context) {
Type list = new ClassType(type);
Factory factory = new CollectionFactory(context, list);
if(!label.empty()) {
return factory.getInstance();
}
return null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor for the <c>PrimitiveList</c> object. This is
/// given the list type and entry type to be used. The list type is
/// the <c>Collection</c> implementation that deserialized
/// entry objects are inserted into.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">
/// this is the context object used for serialization
/// </param>
/// <param name="type">
/// this is the collection type for the list used
/// </param>
/// <param name="entry">
/// the primitive type to be stored within the list
/// </param>
/// <param name="parent">
/// this is the name to wrap the list element with
/// </param>
public PrimitiveList(Context context, Type type, Type entry, String parent) {
this.factory = new CollectionFactory(context, type);
this.root = new Primitive(context, entry);
this.parent = parent;
this.entry = entry;
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor for the <c>CompositeInlineList</c> object.
/// This is given the list type and entry type to be used. The list
/// type is the <c>Collection</c> implementation that is used
/// to collect the deserialized entry objects from the XML source.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">
/// this is the context object used for serialization
/// </param>
/// <param name="type">
/// this is the collection type for the list used
/// </param>
/// <param name="entry">
/// the entry type to be stored within the list
/// </param>
/// <param name="name">
/// this is the name of the entries used for this list
/// </param>
public CompositeInlineList(Context context, Type type, Type entry, String name) {
this.factory = new CollectionFactory(context, type);
this.root = new Traverser(context);
this.entry = entry;
this.name = name;
}