/// <summary>
/// return length of specified dimension. return -1 for incorrected inquery
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dim">use 0,1,2 to query layer, row, column, respectively</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public int GetLength(int dim)
{
if (LayeredValues != null)
{
if (dim == 0)
{
return(LayeredValues.GetLength(0));
}
else if (dim == 1)
{
return(LayeredValues[0].GetLength(0));
}
else if (dim == 2)
{
return(LayeredValues[0].GetLength(1));
}
else
{
return(-1);
}
}
else if (LayeredSerialValue != null)
{
if (dim == 0)
{
return(LayeredSerialValue.GetLength(0));
}
else
{
return(LayeredSerialValue[0].GetLength(0));
}
}
else
{
return(-1);
}
}
void EnsureValueExists(string attribute)
{
if (!inner.ContainsKey(attribute))
inner[attribute] = new LayeredValues();
}
