/// <summary>
/// Serialize an object with public fields into an IniFile. Use <see cref="IniIgnoreAttribute"/> to ignore specific fields.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to serialize.</typeparam>
/// <param name="obj">The instance of the object to serialize.</param>
/// <returns>An IniFile containing the serialized data.</returns>
public static IniFile Serialize <T>(T obj) where T : class
{
if (obj == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(obj));
}
IniFile ini = new IniFile();
foreach (FieldInfo info in typeof(T).GetFields())
{
IniIgnoreAttribute ignore = info.GetCustomAttribute <IniIgnoreAttribute>();
if (ignore != null)
{
continue;
}
IniParamAttribute ipa = info.GetCustomAttribute <IniParamAttribute>();
string name = info.Name;
bool required = false;
string fallback = "";
if (ipa != null)
{
required = ipa.Required;
if (ipa.Name != null)
{
name = ipa.Name;
}
if (ipa.Default != null)
{
fallback = ipa.Default.ToString();
}
}
object val = info.IsStatic ? info.GetValue(null) : info.GetValue(obj);
if (val != null)
{
ini.Add(name, val.ToString());
}
else if (val == null && required)
{
ini.Add(name, fallback);
}
}
return(ini);
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialize the provided INI file into a type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type to deserialize data into.</typeparam>
/// <param name="ini">An input <see cref="IniFile"/> from which to suck data out of.</param>
public static T Deserialize <T>(IniFile ini) where T : class, new()
{
T template = new T();
foreach (FieldInfo info in typeof(T).GetFields())
{
IniIgnoreAttribute ignore = info.GetCustomAttribute <IniIgnoreAttribute>();
if (ignore != null)
{
continue;
}
IniParamAttribute ipa = info.GetCustomAttribute <IniParamAttribute>();
if (ipa == null)
{
continue;
}
string name = ipa.Name ?? info.Name;
if (!ini.KeyExists(name))
{
if (ipa.Required && !ini.IsSet(name))
{
throw new MissingIniParamException(name);
}
if (ipa.Default != null)
{
info.SetValue(template, ipa.Default);
}
continue;
}
info.SetValue(template, TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(info.FieldType).ConvertFromInvariantString(ini[name]));
}
return(template);
}