private void SerializeContainer(object value, IDataAdapter data, TypeCategory category, Type[] genericArgs) { Type type = value.GetType(); // arrays if (category == TypeCategory.Array) { Array array = (Array)value; Type elementType = type.GetElementType(); int[] coords = new int[array.Rank]; if (array.Rank > 1) { data.AddIntValue(array.Rank, ATTRIBUTE_ARRAY_RANK, true); } SerializeArrayRank(array, elementType, coords, 0, data); haveContainers = true; return; } // dictionaries if (category == TypeCategory.IDictionary) { Type keyType = genericArgs[0]; Type valueType = genericArgs[1]; Func <object, object> getKeyFunc = null; Func <object, object> getValueFunc = null; IDataArray array = data.AddArray(); foreach (object o in (IEnumerable)value) { if (getKeyFunc == null) { Type objectType = o.GetType(); if (!TypeCache.TryGetNamedAccessor(objectType, "Key", ref getKeyFunc)) { getKeyFunc = InvocationHelper.CreateGetDelegate(o.GetType(), keyType, objectType.GetProperty("Key").GetMethod); TypeCache.AddTypeNamedAccessor(objectType, "Key", getKeyFunc); } if (!TypeCache.TryGetNamedAccessor(objectType, "Value", ref getValueFunc)) { getValueFunc = InvocationHelper.CreateGetDelegate(o.GetType(), valueType, objectType.GetProperty("Value").GetMethod); TypeCache.AddTypeNamedAccessor(objectType, "Value", getValueFunc); } } IDataAdapter itemEl = array.AddArrayValue(); SerializeSubValue(keyType, getKeyFunc(o), itemEl.AddChild(settings.DictionaryKeyName), null); SerializeSubValue(valueType, getValueFunc(o), itemEl.AddChild(settings.DictionaryValueName), null); } haveContainers = true; return; } // generics if (category == TypeCategory.GenericIList || category == TypeCategory.ISet || category == TypeCategory.GenericQueue || category == TypeCategory.GenericStack || category == TypeCategory.LinkedList) { SerializeContainer((IEnumerable)value, genericArgs[0], data); return; } // non-generic versions if (category == TypeCategory.IList || category == TypeCategory.Queue || category == TypeCategory.Stack) { SerializeContainer((IEnumerable)value, typeof(object), data); return; } }