/// <summary>
/// Given a child node, returns the parent item's node reference as IdentifiedExtensionType (not the abstract ParentType).
/// However, the returned node may be cast to ParentType and implements IParent
/// </summary>
/// <param name="childNode"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IdentifiedExtensionType GetParentItem(BaseType childNode)
{
IdentifiedExtensionType parentItemNode = null;
if (IdentifiedExtensionType.IdentExtNodes.TryGetValue(childNode.ParentItemID, out parentItemNode))//this is the parent of node
{
return(parentItemNode);
}
else //walk up the chain of SDC nodes to find the first ParentType (IParent)
{
BaseType testBT = childNode;
//ParentType parentItem;
while (parentItemNode == null && testBT.GetParentNode != null)
{
testBT = GetParentBaseNode(testBT);
if (testBT == null)
{
return(null);
} //no more parent nodes
parentItemNode = testBT as ParentType; //see if the node can be cast to ParentType
if (parentItemNode != null)
{
return(parentItemNode);
}
}
return(parentItemNode);
}
}
/// Given a node, returns the parent item's node reference as IdentifiedExtensionType (not the abstract ParentType).
/// However, the returned node may be cast to ParentType and implements IParent
/// </summary>
/// <param name="node"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IdentifiedExtensionType GetParentItem(string parentItemID)
{
IdentifiedExtensionType parentItemNode = null;
IdentifiedExtensionType.IdentExtNodes.TryGetValue(parentItemID, out parentItemNode);//this is the parent of node
return(parentItemNode);
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes workflow markup into an IdentifiedExtensionType object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">string workflow markup to deserialize</param>
/// <param name="obj">Output IdentifiedExtensionType object</param>
/// <param name="exception">output Exception value if deserialize failed</param>
/// <returns>true if this Serializer can deserialize the object; otherwise, false</returns>
public static bool Deserialize(string input, out IdentifiedExtensionType obj, out System.Exception exception)
{
exception = null;
obj = default(IdentifiedExtensionType);
try
{
obj = Deserialize(input);
return(true);
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
exception = ex;
return(false);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes xml markup from file into an IdentifiedExtensionType object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName">string xml file to load and deserialize</param>
/// <param name="obj">Output IdentifiedExtensionType object</param>
/// <param name="exception">output Exception value if deserialize failed</param>
/// <returns>true if this Serializer can deserialize the object; otherwise, false</returns>
public static bool LoadFromFile(string fileName, out IdentifiedExtensionType obj, out System.Exception exception)
{
exception = null;
obj = default(IdentifiedExtensionType);
try
{
obj = LoadFromFile(fileName);
return(true);
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
exception = ex;
return(false);
}
}
public static bool LoadFromFile(string fileName, out IdentifiedExtensionType obj)
{
System.Exception exception = null;
return(LoadFromFile(fileName, out obj, out exception));
}
public static bool LoadFromFile(string fileName, out IdentifiedExtensionType obj, out System.Exception exception)
{
return(LoadFromFile(fileName, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, out obj, out exception));
}
public static bool Deserialize(string input, out IdentifiedExtensionType obj)
{
System.Exception exception = null;
return(Deserialize(input, out obj, out exception));
}