public object Serialize(object input)
{
// If Unity supported a modern C# version with, say, dynamic, we could go back to the overloaded methods approach
// Instead of this giant mess of if-checks
if (input is PrimitiveStructure)
{
return(((PrimitiveStructure)input).ToPrimitive());
}
ICollectionHandler referenced = serializerState.references.GetValueOrDefault(input);
if (referenced != null)
{
return(MakeReference(referenced));
}
TypeHandler handler = registry.GetSerializer(input).CreateHandler(this); // Will throw on unsupported types.
if (handler is ICollectionHandler)
{
// It's important that the reference is set up BEFORE we serialize the handler, otherwise a nested reference to the input may fail to notice
// the existing reference since we haven't created it yet.
serializerState.references[input] = (ICollectionHandler)handler;
}
return(handler.ProxySerialize(input));
}
/// <summary>
/// Helper function for resolving references. Updates the passed list of references. Returns a non-null value if the parent container should replace
/// its current item with the returned item.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="references"></param>
/// <param name="item"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
internal IJsonDict ResolveItem(IJsonDict item)
{
object typeId = GetTypeIdentifier(item);
object objectId = item.GetValueOrDefault("ref");
// Debug.Log(string.Format("Identified object of type {0} -- object ID: {1}", typeId, objectId));
IJsonDict referenced = (objectId == null) ? null : deserializerState.references.GetValueOrDefault(objectId);
if (typeId as string == "ref") // Found a reference
{
if (objectId == null)
{
throw new SerializationException("Found a missing or null reference ID.");
}
// This works because we don't want to replace if the item didn't exist (and thus would return NULL),
// and we do want to replace if it did (and thus would return an actual value)
if (referenced == null)
{
// Debug.Log(string.Format("Adding new pending reference to {0}", objectId));
deserializerState.references[objectId] = item;
}
else
{
// Debug.Log(string.Format("Replacing reference with actual object of type ", referenced["type"]));
}
return(referenced);
}
// Still here? Okay.
// Nested container check.
TypeHandler handler = registry.GetDeserializer(typeId).CreateHandler(this);
if (handler is ICollectionHandler)
{
// FIXME: See if this code is actually needed.
if (item.ContainsKey("_visited"))
{
Debug.LogWarning("*** WARNING ***: Container already visited.");
}
else
{
item["_visited"] = true;
foreach (var container in ((ICollectionHandler)handler).GetContainers(item))
{
deserializerState.pending.Push(container);
}
}
}
if (objectId == null)
{
return(null); // Unreferenced object, nothing to do.
}
if (referenced == null)
{
deserializerState.references[objectId] = item;
// Debug.Log("Saving reference.");
}
else
{
// Already references something else. Let's hope it's a reference.
if (GetTypeIdentifier(referenced) as string != "ref")
{
// ... nope. Complain loudly.
throw new SerializationException(string.Format("Object reference '{0}' refers to multiple non-reference objects", objectId));
}
// Everything we've previously seen up until now points to the old object. It's way too much of a hassle to replace it, so...
// instead we clear it and copy all of our data to it.
// Debug.Log(string.Format("Copying over to actual object of type ", referenced["type"]));
referenced.Clear();
foreach (JsonKey kvp in item)
{
referenced[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value; // Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
}
// Debug.Log("Done copying over");
}
return(referenced);
}
