/// <summary>
/// Traverses the node.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name.</param>
/// <param name="parts">The parts.</param>
/// <param name="parent">The parent.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
protected AjaxFieldNode TraverseNode(string name, string[] parts, AjaxFieldNode parent = null)
{
//get the node name
string nodeName = parts[0];
//where are we looking for this node?
IList <AjaxFieldNode> Nodes = parent == null ? Children : parent.Children;
//get the node if we can by name
AjaxFieldNode n = Nodes.SingleOrDefault(d => d.Name == nodeName);
//if it doesnt exist then create it and add it to the node list
if (n == null)
{
n = new AjaxFieldNode(nodeName);
Nodes.Add(n);
}
//if this was the node we are looking for then return it
if (nodeName == name)
{
return(n);
}
//otherwise keep traversing nodes
return(TraverseNode(name, parts.Skip(1).ToArray(), n));
}
/// <summary>
/// Builds the tree from ajax array key value pairs.
/// An example would be something like Key:"[Object1].[Object2].[Object3].FieldName" - Value:"FieldValue"
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pairs">The pairs.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static AjaxFieldTree BuildTreeFromAjaxArray(List <KeyValuePair <string, string> > pairs)
{
//new tree
AjaxFieldTree tree = new AjaxFieldTree();
//itearte over each pair and add to tree
foreach (KeyValuePair <string, string> pair in pairs.Distinct())
{
//split key and value
string key = pair.Key;
string value = pair.Value;
//check whether this key has a parent node, if not then just add to fields list
if (!key.Contains('.'))
{
tree.Fields.Add(new KeyValuePair <string, string>(key, value));
continue;
}
//split key into parts
string [] parts = key.Split('.');
//get the field name
string field = parts[parts.Length - 1];
//get the field parent name
string fieldParent = parts[parts.Length - 2];
//find the node that this field should be added too, this may create a branch to find it.
AjaxFieldNode node = tree.TraverseNode(fieldParent, parts);
//add the field and value
node.Fields.Add(new KeyValuePair <string, string>(field, value));
}
return(tree);
}
