void ReadCollection(CollectionDataContract collectionContract)
        {
            Type type     = collectionContract.UnderlyingType;
            Type itemType = collectionContract.ItemType;
            bool isArray  = (collectionContract.Kind == CollectionKind.Array);

            ConstructorInfo constructor = collectionContract.Constructor;

            if (type.IsInterface)
            {
                switch (collectionContract.Kind)
                {
                case CollectionKind.GenericDictionary:
                    type        = Globals.TypeOfDictionaryGeneric.MakeGenericType(itemType.GetGenericArguments());
                    constructor = type.GetConstructor(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, null, Globals.EmptyTypeArray, null);
                    break;

                case CollectionKind.Dictionary:
                    type        = Globals.TypeOfHashtable;
                    constructor = XmlFormatGeneratorStatics.HashtableCtor;
                    break;

                case CollectionKind.Collection:
                case CollectionKind.GenericCollection:
                case CollectionKind.Enumerable:
                case CollectionKind.GenericEnumerable:
                case CollectionKind.List:
                case CollectionKind.GenericList:
                    type    = itemType.MakeArrayType();
                    isArray = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
            string itemName = collectionContract.ItemName;
            string itemNs   = collectionContract.StableName.Namespace;

            if (!isArray)
            {
                if (type.IsValueType)
                {
                    // FIXME: this is not what the original code does.
                    objectLocal = FormatterServices.GetUninitializedObject(type);
                }
                else
                {
                    objectLocal = constructor.Invoke(new object [0]);
                    context.AddNewObject(objectLocal);
                }
            }

            int size = context.GetArraySize();

            string objectId = context.GetObjectId();

            bool canReadPrimitiveArray = false, readResult = false;

            if (isArray && TryReadPrimitiveArray(type, itemType, size, out readResult))
            {
                canReadPrimitiveArray = true;
            }

            if (!readResult)
            {
                if (size == -1)
                {
                    object growingCollection = null;
                    if (isArray)
                    {
                        growingCollection = Array.CreateInstance(itemType, 32);
                    }

                    int i = 0;
                    // FIXME: I cannot find i++ part, but without that it won't work as expected.
                    for (; i < int.MaxValue; i++)
                    {
                        if (IsStartElement(this.itemName, this.itemNamespace))
                        {
                            context.IncrementItemCount(1);
                            object value = ReadCollectionItem(collectionContract, itemType, itemName, itemNs);
                            if (isArray)
                            {
                                MethodInfo ensureArraySizeMethod = XmlFormatGeneratorStatics.EnsureArraySizeMethod.MakeGenericMethod(itemType);
                                growingCollection = ensureArraySizeMethod.Invoke(null, new object [] { growingCollection, i });
                                ((Array)growingCollection).SetValue(value, i);
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                StoreCollectionValue(objectLocal, itemType, value, collectionContract);
                            }
                        }
                        else if (IsEndElement())
                        {
                            break;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            HandleUnexpectedItemInCollection(ref i);
                        }
                    }

                    if (isArray)
                    {
                        MethodInfo trimArraySizeMethod = XmlFormatGeneratorStatics.TrimArraySizeMethod.MakeGenericMethod(itemType);
                        objectLocal = trimArraySizeMethod.Invoke(null, new object [] { growingCollection, i });
                        context.AddNewObjectWithId(objectId, objectLocal);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    context.IncrementItemCount(size);
                    if (isArray)
                    {
                        objectLocal = Array.CreateInstance(itemType, size);
                        context.AddNewObject(objectLocal);
                    }
                    // FIXME: I cannot find j++ part, but without that it won't work as expected.
                    for (int j = 0; j < size; j++)
                    {
                        if (IsStartElement(this.itemName, this.itemNamespace))
                        {
                            var itemValue = ReadCollectionItem(collectionContract, itemType, itemName, itemNs);
                            if (isArray)
                            {
                                ((Array)objectLocal).SetValue(itemValue, j);
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                StoreCollectionValue(objectLocal, itemType, itemValue, collectionContract);
                            }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            HandleUnexpectedItemInCollection(ref j);
                        }
                    }
                    context.CheckEndOfArray(xmlReader, size, this.itemName, this.itemNamespace);
                }
            }
            if (canReadPrimitiveArray)
            {
                context.AddNewObjectWithId(objectId, objectLocal);
            }
        }