private Property deserialize(PropertyArt propertyArt, Type expectedType)
{
// Establish the property name
string propertyName = _reader.GetAttributeAsString(Attributes.Name);
// Establish the property type
Type propertyType = _reader.GetAttributeAsType(Attributes.Type);
// id propertyType is not defined, we'll take the expectedType)
if (propertyType == null)
{
propertyType = expectedType;
}
// create the property from the tag
Property property = Property.CreateInstance(propertyArt, propertyName, propertyType);
// Null property?
var nullProperty = property as NullProperty;
if (nullProperty != null)
{
return(nullProperty);
}
// is it simple property?
var simpleProperty = property as SimpleProperty;
if (simpleProperty != null)
{
parseSimpleProperty(_reader, simpleProperty);
return(simpleProperty);
}
// This is not a null property and not a simple property
// it could be only ReferenceProperty or a reference
int referenceId = _reader.GetAttributeAsInt(Attributes.ReferenceId);
// Adding property to cache, it must be done before deserializing the object.
// Otherwise stack overflow occures if the object references itself
var referenceTarget = property as ReferenceTargetProperty;
if (referenceTarget != null && referenceId > 0)
{
referenceTarget.Reference = new ReferenceInfo()
{
Id = referenceId, IsProcessed = true
};
_propertyCache.Add(referenceId, referenceTarget);
}
if (property == null)
{
// Property was not created yet, it can be created as a reference from its id
if (referenceId < 1)
{
// there is no reference, so the property cannot be restored
return(null);
}
property = createProperty(referenceId, propertyName, propertyType);
if (property == null)
{
// Reference was not created
return(null);
}
// property was successfully restored as a reference
return(property);
}
var multiDimensionalArrayProperty = property as MultiDimensionalArrayProperty;
if (multiDimensionalArrayProperty != null)
{
parseMultiDimensionalArrayProperty(multiDimensionalArrayProperty);
return(multiDimensionalArrayProperty);
}
var singleDimensionalArrayProperty = property as SingleDimensionalArrayProperty;
if (singleDimensionalArrayProperty != null)
{
parseSingleDimensionalArrayProperty(singleDimensionalArrayProperty);
return(singleDimensionalArrayProperty);
}
var dictionaryProperty = property as DictionaryProperty;
if (dictionaryProperty != null)
{
parseDictionaryProperty(dictionaryProperty);
return(dictionaryProperty);
}
var collectionProperty = property as CollectionProperty;
if (collectionProperty != null)
{
parseCollectionProperty(collectionProperty);
return(collectionProperty);
}
var complexProperty = property as ComplexProperty;
if (complexProperty != null)
{
parseComplexProperty(complexProperty);
return(complexProperty);
}
return(property);
}