public T GetObject <T>(string key)
{
string value = this[key];
if (value == null)
{
return(default(T));
}
else if (typeof(T) == typeof(string))
{
// Funny casting because the compiler doesn't know T is string here.
return((T)(object)value);
}
else if (typeof(T) == typeof(CustomActionData))
{
// Deserialize nested CustomActionData.
return((T)(object)new CustomActionData(value));
}
else if (value.Length == 0)
{
return(default(T));
}
else
{
return(CustomActionData.Deserialize <T>(value));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets a data value with a specified key.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">Case-sensitive data key.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">the key does not consist solely of letters,
/// numbers, and the period, underscore, and space characters.</exception>
public string this[string key]
{
get
{
return(this.data[key]);
}
set
{
CustomActionData.ValidateKey(key);
this.data[key] = value;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads key-value pairs from a string into the data collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="keyValueList">key-value pair list of the form returned by <see cref="ToString"/></param>
private void Parse(string keyValueList)
{
int itemStart = 0;
while (itemStart < keyValueList.Length)
{
// Find the next non-escaped data separator.
int semi = itemStart - 2;
do
{
semi = keyValueList.IndexOf(CustomActionData.DataSeparator, semi + 2);
}while (semi >= 0 && semi < keyValueList.Length - 1 && keyValueList[semi + 1] == CustomActionData.DataSeparator);
if (semi < 0)
{
semi = keyValueList.Length;
}
// Find the next non-escaped key-value separator.
int equals = itemStart - 2;
do
{
equals = keyValueList.IndexOf(CustomActionData.KeyValueSeparator, equals + 2);
}while (equals >= 0 && equals < keyValueList.Length - 1 && keyValueList[equals + 1] == CustomActionData.KeyValueSeparator);
if (equals < 0 || equals > semi)
{
equals = semi;
}
string key = keyValueList.Substring(itemStart, equals - itemStart);
string value = null;
// If there's a key-value separator before the next data separator, then the item has a value.
if (equals < semi)
{
value = keyValueList.Substring(equals + 1, semi - (equals + 1));
value = CustomActionData.Unescape(value);
}
// Add non-duplicate items to the collection.
if (key.Length > 0 && !this.data.ContainsKey(key))
{
this.data.Add(key, value);
}
// Move past the data separator to the next item.
itemStart = semi + 1;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds a value to the data collection, using XML serialization to persist the object as a string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">Case-sensitive data key.</param>
/// <param name="value">Data value (may be null).</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">the key does not consist solely of letters,
/// numbers, and the period, underscore, and space characters.</exception>
/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">The value type does not support XML serialization.</exception>
/// <exception cref="InvalidOperationException">The value could not be serialized.</exception>
public void AddObject <T>(string key, T value)
{
if (value == null)
{
this.Add(key, null);
}
else if (typeof(T) == typeof(string) ||
typeof(T) == typeof(CustomActionData)) // Serialize nested CustomActionData
{
this.Add(key, value.ToString());
}
else
{
string valueString = CustomActionData.Serialize <T>(value);
this.Add(key, valueString);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Executes a built-in action, custom action, or user-interface wizard action.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="action">Name of the action to execute. Case-sensitive.</param>
/// <param name="actionData">Optional data to be passed to a deferred custom action.</param>
/// <exception cref="InvalidHandleException">the Session handle is invalid</exception>
/// <exception cref="InstallCanceledException">the user exited the installation</exception>
/// <remarks><p>
/// The DoAction method executes the action that corresponds to the name supplied. If the
/// name is not recognized by the installer as a built-in action or as a custom action in
/// the CustomAction table, the name is passed to the user-interface handler object, which
/// can invoke a function or a dialog box. If a null action name is supplied, the installer
/// uses the upper-case value of the ACTION property as the action to perform. If no property
/// value is defined, the default action is performed, defined as "INSTALL".
/// </p><p>
/// Actions that update the system, such as the InstallFiles and WriteRegistryValues
/// actions, cannot be run by calling MsiDoAction. The exception to this rule is if DoAction
/// is called from a custom action that is scheduled in the InstallExecuteSequence table
/// between the InstallInitialize and InstallFinalize actions. Actions that do not update the
/// system, such as AppSearch or CostInitialize, can be called.
/// </p><p>
/// If the called action is a deferred, rollback, or commit custom action, then the supplied
/// <paramref name="actionData"/> will be available via the <see cref="CustomActionData"/>
/// property of that custom action's session.
/// </p><p>
/// Win32 MSI API:
/// <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/msidoaction.asp">MsiDoAction</a>
/// </p></remarks>
public void DoAction(string action, CustomActionData actionData)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(action))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("action");
}
this.ValidateSessionAccess();
if (actionData != null)
{
this[action] = actionData.ToString();
}
uint ret = RemotableNativeMethods.MsiDoAction((int)this.Handle, action);
if (ret != 0)
{
throw InstallerException.ExceptionFromReturnCode(ret);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a string representation of the data suitable for persisting in a property.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Data string in the form "Key1=Value1;Key2=Value2"</returns>
public override string ToString()
{
StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, string> item in this.data)
{
if (buf.Length > 0)
{
buf.Append(CustomActionData.DataSeparator);
}
buf.Append(item.Key);
if (item.Value != null)
{
buf.Append(CustomActionData.KeyValueSeparator);
buf.Append(CustomActionData.Escape(item.Value));
}
}
return(buf.ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds a key and value to the data collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="key">Case-sensitive data key.</param>
/// <param name="value">Data value (may be null).</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">the key does not consist solely of letters,
/// numbers, and the period, underscore, and space characters.</exception>
public void Add(string key, string value)
{
CustomActionData.ValidateKey(key);
this.data.Add(key, value);
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds an item with key and value to the data collection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="item">Case-sensitive data key, with a data value that may be null.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">the key does not consist solely of letters,
/// numbers, and the period, underscore, and space characters.</exception>
public void Add(KeyValuePair <string, string> item)
{
CustomActionData.ValidateKey(item.Key);
this.data.Add(item);
}