public static string FormatValue(object v)
{
if (v == null)
{
return("");
}
var t = v.GetType();
// Color.ToString() does the wrong thing; force it to format as rgb[a] hex
if (t == typeof(Color))
{
return(HSLColor.ToHexString((Color)v));
}
// HSLColor.ToString() does the wrong thing; force it to format as rgb[a] hex
if (t == typeof(HSLColor))
{
return(((HSLColor)v).ToHexString());
}
if (t == typeof(ImageFormat))
{
return(((ImageFormat)v).ToString());
}
if (t == typeof(Rectangle))
{
var r = (Rectangle)v;
return("{0},{1},{2},{3}".F(r.X, r.Y, r.Width, r.Height));
}
if (t.IsArray && t.GetArrayRank() == 1)
{
return(((Array)v).Cast <object>().Select(FormatValue).JoinWith(", "));
}
if (t.IsGenericType && t.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(HashSet <>))
{
return(((System.Collections.IEnumerable)v).Cast <object>().Select(FormatValue).JoinWith(", "));
}
// This is only for documentation generation
if (t.IsGenericType && t.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(Dictionary <,>))
{
var result = "";
var dict = (System.Collections.IDictionary)v;
foreach (var kvp in dict)
{
var key = ((System.Collections.DictionaryEntry)kvp).Key;
var value = ((System.Collections.DictionaryEntry)kvp).Value;
var formattedKey = FormatValue(key);
var formattedValue = FormatValue(value);
result += "{0}: {1}{2}".F(formattedKey, formattedValue, Environment.NewLine);
}
return(result);
}
if (t.IsGenericType && t.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(Primitives.Cache <,>))
{
return(""); // TODO
}
if (t == typeof(DateTime))
{
return(((DateTime)v).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH-mm-ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
}
// Try the TypeConverter
var conv = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(t);
if (conv.CanConvertTo(typeof(string)))
{
try
{
return(conv.ConvertToInvariantString(v));
}
catch
{
}
}
return(v.ToString());
}
