private void SerializeValue(string name, Type type, object value, IValueWriter writer,
Type collectionItemType = null, int?index = null)
{
var valueInfo = new ValueInfo
{
Name = name,
Index = index
};
if (value != null)
{
type = value.GetType();
}
var writeValueAsReference = false;
if (value != null && !type.IsValueType() && type != typeof(string) && type != typeof(Uri))
{
var objectId = _idGenerator.GetId(value, out var isFirstTime);
if (_specialIds.TryGetValue(objectId, out var specialId))
{
valueInfo.SpecialId = specialId;
writeValueAsReference = true;
}
else
{
valueInfo.ReferenceId = objectId;
writeValueAsReference = !isFirstTime;
}
}
if (value is Type valueAsType)
{
valueInfo.Type = GetTypeSerializationInfo(valueAsType);
type = typeof(Type);
}
if (writeValueAsReference)
{
// Reset other fields, because they don't need to be written.
valueInfo.Type = null;
valueInfo.ItemType = null;
valueInfo.ItemCount = null;
writer.WriteStartValue(valueInfo);
writer.WriteEndValue();
}
else if (value == null)
{
writer.WriteStartValue(valueInfo);
writer.WriteValue(null);
writer.WriteEndValue();
}
else if (writer.CanWriteValueWithoutTypeInfo(type))
{
writer.WriteStartValue(valueInfo);
writer.WriteValue(value);
writer.WriteEndValue();
}
else if (type.IsEnum())
{
writer.WriteStartValue(valueInfo);
value = Convert.ChangeType(value, type.GetEnumUnderlyingType());
writer.WriteValue(value);
writer.WriteEndValue();
}
#warning Treat other types of collections as arrays
else if (type.IsArray)
{
var items = (IList)value;
var itemType = type.GetElementType();
valueInfo.IsCollection = true;
#warning Write collection type
//valueInfo.Type =
valueInfo.ItemType = itemType == typeof(object) || itemType == collectionItemType ? null : GetTypeSerializationInfo(itemType);
valueInfo.ItemCount = items.Count;
writer.WriteStartValue(valueInfo);
var itemIndex = 0;
foreach (var item in items)
{
SerializeValue(null, item?.GetType(), item, writer, collectionItemType: itemType, index: itemIndex++);
}
writer.WriteEndValue();
}
else if (value is IValueContainer valueAsContainer)
{
writer.WriteStartValue(valueInfo);
if (valueAsContainer.GetCount() == 0)
{
writer.WriteValue(null);
}
else
{
SerializeValueContainer(valueAsContainer, writer);
}
writer.WriteEndValue();
}
else
{
if (!TryDecomposeValue(type, value, out var typeInfo, out var nestedContainer))
{
throw new UnserializableTypeException(type);
}
valueInfo.Type = typeInfo;
writer.WriteStartValue(valueInfo);
SerializeValueContainer(nestedContainer, writer);
writer.WriteEndValue();
}
}
