/// <summary>
/// Gets a settings value by its settings path in a specific type format.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the requested settings value.</typeparam>
/// <param name="path">The path to get the setting from.</param>
/// <returns>The casted object instance of of the setting of type <typeparamref name="T"/> defined in the settings mapping.</returns>
public virtual T GetValue <T>(string path)
{
T value;
if (!TryGetValue <T>(path, out value) && FallbackMap != null)
{
FallbackMap.TryGetValue <T>(path, out value);
}
return(value);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets an array of elements of a specific type defined by the settings path.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the elements.</typeparam>
/// <param name="path">The path to the requested settings array.</param>
/// <returns>An enumerable collection of elements of type <typeparamref name="T"/>.</returns>
public virtual IEnumerable <T> GetArray <T>(string path)
{
var converter = GetTypeConverter(typeof(T));
object rawValue;
if (!_nodes.TryGetValue(path, out rawValue))
{
if (FallbackMap != null)
{
foreach (var element in FallbackMap.GetArray <T>(path))
{
yield return(element);
}
}
}
else
{
var rawArray = rawValue as string[];
if (rawArray != null)
{
for (int i = 0; i < rawArray.Length; i++)
{
bool yieldElement = true;
T element = default(T);
try
{
element = (T)converter.ConvertFrom(rawArray[i]);
yieldElement = true;
}
catch
{
yieldElement = false;
}
if (yieldElement)
{
yield return(element);
}
}
}
}
}
