protected static T InternalDeserialize <T>(Dictionary <string, string> keyval)
{
Dictionary <string, object> root = new Dictionary <string, object>();
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, string> k in keyval)
{
string itemKey = k.Key.Replace("\"", "");
string[] parts = itemKey.Split('.');
object current = root;
int counter = 0;
foreach (string p in parts)
{
counter++;
// last one
if (counter == parts.Length)
{
// an empty list;
if (k.Value == "[]")
{
if (current is Dictionary <string, object> )
{
(current as Dictionary <string, object>).Add(p, new List <int>());
}
else if (current is List <object> )
{
(current as List <object>).Add(new List <int>());
}
}
// an empty object;
else if (k.Value == "{}")
{
if (current is Dictionary <string, object> )
{
(current as Dictionary <string, object>).Add(p, new Dictionary <string, object>());
}
else if (current is List <object> )
{
(current as List <object>).Add(new Dictionary <string, object>());
}
}
// a value
else
{
object value = null;
string lowerval = k.Value.ToLower();
if (lowerval == "true")
{
value = true;
}
else if (lowerval == "false")
{
value = false;
}
else if (lowerval == "null")
{
value = null;
}
else if (Misc.IsInt(lowerval))
{
value = Int32.Parse(lowerval);
}
else if (Misc.IsDouble(lowerval))
{
value = Double.Parse(lowerval);
}
else
{
string strval = k.Value;
if (strval.StartsWith("\""))
{
strval = strval.Substring(1);
}
if (strval.EndsWith("\""))
{
strval = strval.Substring(0, strval.Length - 1);
}
value = strval;
}
if (current is Dictionary <string, object> )
{
(current as Dictionary <string, object>).Add(p, value);
}
else if (current is List <object> )
{
(current as List <object>).Add(value);
}
}
}
// in middle, .. key.key ..
// current is dict, child is dict
else if (Misc.TryParseInt(p, -1) == -1 && Misc.TryParseInt(parts[counter], -1) == -1)
{
// current must be a dict in this situation...
// x.y.0.z.w,5
// {
// x: {
// y: [
// {
// z : {
// w : 5;
Dictionary <string, object> dcurrent = current as Dictionary <string, object>;
if (dcurrent.ContainsKey(p))
{
current = dcurrent[p];
}
else
{
dcurrent.Add(p, new Dictionary <string, object>());
current = dcurrent[p];
}
}
// in middle, .. key.number ...
// current is dict, child is list
else if (Misc.TryParseInt(p, -1) == -1 && Misc.TryParseInt(parts[counter], -1) >= 0)
{
Dictionary <string, object> dcurrent = current as Dictionary <string, object>;
if (dcurrent.ContainsKey(p))
{
current = dcurrent[p];
}
else
{
dcurrent.Add(p, new List <object>());
current = dcurrent[p];
}
}
// in middle, .. number.key ..
// current is list, child is dict
else if (Misc.TryParseInt(p, -1) >= 0 && Misc.TryParseInt(parts[counter], -1) == -1)
{
int index = Misc.TryParseInt(p, -1);
List <object> lcurrent = current as List <object>;
if (lcurrent.Count > index)
{
current = lcurrent[index];
}
else
{
for (int i = lcurrent.Count; i < index + 1; i++)
{
lcurrent.Add(new Dictionary <string, object>());
}
current = lcurrent[index];
}
}
// in middle, .. number.number ..
// current is list, child is list
else if (Misc.TryParseInt(p, -1) >= 0 && Misc.TryParseInt(parts[counter], -1) >= 0)
{
int index = Misc.TryParseInt(p, -1);
List <object> lcurrent = current as List <object>;
if (lcurrent.Count > index)
{
current = lcurrent[index];
}
else
{
for (int i = lcurrent.Count; i < index + 1; i++)
{
lcurrent.Add(new List <object>());
}
current = lcurrent[index];
}
}
}
}
string json = JsonObjectSerializer.Serialize(root);
return(JsonObjectSerializer.Deserialize <T>(json));
}
protected static string InternalSerialize(object x)
{
Dictionary <string, string> dict = new Dictionary <string, string>();
string s = JsonObjectSerializer.Serialize(x);
// ensure proper separation
s = s.Replace("}", " } ");
s = s.Replace("{", " { ");
s = s.Replace("]", " ] ");
s = s.Replace("[", " [ ");
s = s.Replace(",", " , ");
bool inq = false;
bool backslash = false;
for (int i = 0; i < s.Length; i++)
{
if (s[i] == '\\')
{
backslash = true;
}
if (backslash)
{
continue;
}
if (s[i] == '"')
{
inq = !inq;
}
if (s[i] == ' ' && inq)
{
if (i < s.Length - 1)
{
s = s.Substring(0, i) + '+' + s.Substring(i + 1);
}
else
{
s = s.Substring(0, i) + '+';
}
}
if (s[i] == ':' && !inq)
{
if (i < s.Length - 1)
{
s = s.Substring(0, i) + ' ' + s.Substring(i + 1);
}
else
{
s = s.Substring(0, i) + ' ';
}
}
}
string[] segments = s.Split(new char[] { ' ', '\n', '\r' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
List <string> prefixes = new List <string>();
string currentName = "";
int counter = 0;
bool inarray = false;
bool arrayHasName = false;
string lastSegment = "";
foreach (string str in segments)
{
string xkey = "";
string xval = "";
try
{
// begin a sub-object
if (str == "{")
{
if (currentName != "")
{
prefixes.Add(currentName);
currentName = "";
}
else if (inarray == true)
{
prefixes.Add(counter.ToString());
counter++;
}
continue;
}
// end a sub-object
if (str == "}")
{
if (lastSegment == "{")
{
xkey = string.Join(".", prefixes.ToArray());
xval = "{}";
}
if (prefixes.Count > 0)
{
prefixes.RemoveAt(prefixes.Count - 1);
}
continue;
}
// begin an array
if (str == "[")
{
arrayHasName = false;
if (currentName != "")
{
prefixes.Add(currentName);
currentName = "";
arrayHasName = true;
}
counter = 0;
inarray = true;
continue;
}
// end an array
if (str == "]")
{
if (lastSegment == "[")
{
xkey = string.Join(".", prefixes.ToArray());
xval = "[]";
}
if (currentName != "")
{
xkey = string.Join(".", prefixes.ToArray()) + "." + counter.ToString();
xval = currentName;
}
if (arrayHasName)
{
if (prefixes.Count > 0)
{
prefixes.RemoveAt(prefixes.Count - 1);
}
}
counter = 0;
inarray = false;
continue;
}
if (str == ":")
{
continue;
}
// key/value
if (currentName != "")
{
if (str == ",")
{
if (inarray)
{
xkey = string.Join(".", prefixes.ToArray()) + "." + counter.ToString();
xval = currentName;
counter++;
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
else
{
xkey = string.Join(".", prefixes.ToArray()) + "." + currentName;
if (prefixes.Count == 0)
{
xkey = xkey.Substring(1);
}
xval = str;
}
currentName = "";
continue;
}
if (str == ",")
{
continue;
}
if (currentName == "")
{
currentName = str;
}
}
finally
{
lastSegment = str;
if (xkey != "")
{
xkey = xkey.Replace("\"", "");
xkey = xkey.Replace("+", " ");
xkey = "\"" + xkey + "\"";
xval = xval.Replace("+", " ");
Console.WriteLine("Adding: " + xkey);
dict.Add(xkey, xval);
}
}
}
string header = string.Join(",", dict.Keys.ToArray());
string value = string.Join(",", dict.Values.ToArray());
return(header + "\n" + value);;
}
