// --------------- public Interface -------------------
public static T NLSend <T> (this T arg, string prefix = "")
{
// can't get runtime type of null
if (arg == null)
{
send_string("$null$", prefix, default_dst_name, default_dst); return(arg);
} // TODO: check out how this interferes with unitys null check overloading stuff
// control flow of non degenerate cases
Type typ = arg.GetType();
var ser_att = (NLSendSerializationAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(typ, typeof(NLSendSerializationAttribute));
NLSerMode mode = (ser_att == null) ? NLSerMode.toString : ser_att.mode;
var dst_att = (NLSendDestinationAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(typ, typeof(NLSendDestinationAttribute));
string dst_name = default_dst_name;
DST attr_fallback_dst = default_dst;
if (dst_att != null)
{
attr_fallback_dst = new DST {
ip = dst_att.dst_ip, port = dst_att.dst_port
};
dst_name = dst_att.dst_name;
}
if (mode == NLSerMode.toString)
{
send_string(arg.ToString(), prefix, dst_name, attr_fallback_dst);
}
if (mode == NLSerMode.json)
{
send_json(arg, prefix, dst_name, attr_fallback_dst);
}
if (mode == NLSerMode.csv)
{
throw new Exception("not implemented");
}
return(arg);
}
public NLSendSerializationAttribute(NLSerMode mode)
{
this.mode = mode;
}
