public virtual Element serializeNode(TreeElement instanceNode)
{
Element e = new Element(); //don't set anything on this element yet, as it might get overwritten
//don't serialize template nodes or non-relevant nodes
if ((respectRelevance && !instanceNode.isRelevant()) || instanceNode.Mult == TreeReference.INDEX_TEMPLATE)
{
return(null);
}
if (instanceNode.Value != null)
{
System.Object serializedAnswer = serializer.serializeAnswerData(instanceNode.Value, instanceNode.DataType);
if (serializedAnswer is Element)
{
e = (Element)serializedAnswer;
}
else if (serializedAnswer is System.String)
{
e = new Element();
e.addChild(Node.TEXT, (System.String)serializedAnswer);
}
else
{
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throw new System.SystemException("Can't handle serialized output for" + instanceNode.Value.ToString() + ", " + serializedAnswer);
}
if (serializer.containsExternalData(instanceNode.Value))
{
IDataPointer[] pointer = serializer.retrieveExternalDataPointer(instanceNode.Value);
for (int i = 0; i < pointer.Length; ++i)
{
dataPointers.Add(pointer[i]);
}
}
}
else
{
//make sure all children of the same tag name are written en bloc
System.Collections.ArrayList childNames = System.Collections.ArrayList.Synchronized(new System.Collections.ArrayList(10));
for (int i = 0; i < instanceNode.NumChildren; i++)
{
System.String childName = instanceNode.getChildAt(i).Name;
if (!childNames.Contains(childName))
{
childNames.Add(childName);
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < childNames.Count; i++)
{
System.String childName = (System.String)childNames[i];
int mult = instanceNode.getChildMultiplicity(childName);
for (int j = 0; j < mult; j++)
{
Element child = serializeNode(instanceNode.getChild(childName, j));
if (child != null)
{
e.addChild(Node.ELEMENT, child);
}
}
}
}
e.setName(instanceNode.Name);
// add hard-coded attributes
for (int i = 0; i < instanceNode.AttributeCount; i++)
{
System.String namespace_Renamed = instanceNode.getAttributeNamespace(i);
System.String name = instanceNode.getAttributeName(i);
System.String val = instanceNode.getAttributeValue(i);
// is it legal for getAttributeValue() to return null? playing it safe for now and assuming yes
if (val == null)
{
val = "";
}
e.setAttribute(namespace_Renamed, name, val);
}
if (instanceNode.Namespace != null)
{
e.setNamespace(instanceNode.Namespace);
}
return(e);
}