/// <summary>
/// Derived classes could use this method to initialize the IDictionary with datatype added
/// at the beginning of ToDictionary
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// datatype is represented using int in the dictionary.
/// </remarks>
protected IDictionary InitIDictionaryFromType()
{
IDictionary dict = new ListDictionary();
dict.Add(DictionaryData.DataTypeKey, (int)DictionaryDataUtil.GetDictionaryDataType(this.GetType()));
return(dict);
}
/**
* Creates an <b>empty</b> DictionaryData object with the datatype info.
* @return A reference to the newly created object.
*/
protected static DictionaryData PrepareDictionaryData(DictionaryDataType type)
{
Type t = DictionaryDataUtil.GetDataType(type);
return((DictionaryData)Activator.CreateInstance(t));
}