public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value)
{
if (value == null)
{
return(null);
}
if (value.GetType() == typeof(ArrayList))
{
List <object> list = new List <object>();
foreach (var o in value as ArrayList)
{
list.Add(o);
}
// regular string array
if (list[0].GetType() == typeof(string))
{
return(base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value));
}
// janky deserialized array of dictionaries
if (list[0].GetType() == typeof(Dictionary <String, object>))
{
List <AutocompleteItem> result = new List <AutocompleteItem>();
foreach (Dictionary <String, object> dict in list)
{
result.Add(new AutocompleteItem()
{
Label = dict["label"] as String,
Value = dict["value"] as String
});
}
return(result);
}
}
if (value.GetType() == typeof(string))
{
AutocompleteListConverter converter = new AutocompleteListConverter();
List <AutocompleteItem> list = converter.ConvertFromString(value as String) as List <AutocompleteItem>;
if (list == null)
{
return(base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value));
}
else
{
return(list);
}
}
else
{
return(base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value));
}
}
public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value)
{
if(value == null) {
return null;
}
if(value.GetType() == typeof(ArrayList)) {
List<object> list = new List<object>();
foreach(var o in value as ArrayList) {
list.Add(o);
}
// regular string array
if(list[0].GetType() == typeof(string)){
return base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value);
}
// janky deserialized array of dictionaries
if(list[0].GetType() == typeof(Dictionary<String, object>)) {
List<AutocompleteItem> result = new List<AutocompleteItem>();
foreach(Dictionary<String, object> dict in list) {
result.Add(new AutocompleteItem() {
Label = dict["label"] as String,
Value = dict["value"] as String
});
}
return result;
}
}
if(value.GetType() == typeof(string)) {
AutocompleteListConverter converter = new AutocompleteListConverter();
List<AutocompleteItem> list = converter.ConvertFromString(value as String) as List<AutocompleteItem>;
if(list == null) {
return base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value);
}
else {
return list;
}
}
else {
return base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value);
}
}
