/// <summary>
/// Serialises the given <see cref="IList"/> to the given <see cref="BinaryWriter"/>s underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// Uses <see cref="SerialiseObjectToWriter(object,BinaryWriter)"/> to serialise each of the <see cref="IList"/>s
/// elements to the stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">
/// The <see cref="IList"/> to serialise to the given <see cref="BinaryWriter"/>s underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </param>
/// <param name="propertyInfo">The <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> holding the <see cref="IList"/>. </param>
/// <param name="binaryWriter">
/// The <see cref="BinaryWriter"/> to whose underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/> to serialise the given <see cref="PropertyInfo"/>.
/// </param>
/// <exception cref="NullReferenceException">
/// Thrown if the <see cref="IList"/> held in the given <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> is null, or if the <see cref="IList"/>s
/// elements do not have a type.
/// </exception>
private void SerialiseListToWriter(object obj, PropertyInfo propertyInfo, BinaryWriter binaryWriter)
{
Type elementType = propertyInfo.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
IList list = (IList)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(List <>).MakeGenericType(elementType));
IEnumerable currentList = (IEnumerable)propertyInfo.GetValue(obj);
foreach (object element in currentList)
{
list.Add(element);
}
binaryWriter.Write(list.Count);
if (elementType.IsClass && !PacketConverterHelper.TypeIsPrimitive(elementType))
{
foreach (object element in list)
{
SerialiseObjectToWriter(element, binaryWriter);
}
}
else //Primitive type
{
foreach (object primitiveElement in list)
{
dynamic primitiveValue = primitiveElement;
binaryWriter.Write(primitiveValue);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialises the given <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> to the given <see cref="BinaryWriter"/>s underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The <see cref="object"/> whose <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> value to serialise.</param>
/// <param name="propertyInfo">
/// The <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> to serialise to the given <see cref="BinaryWriter"/>s underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </param>
/// <param name="binaryWriter">
/// The <see cref="BinaryWriter"/> to whose underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/> to serialise the given <see cref="PropertyInfo"/>.
/// </param>
private void SerialiseObjectToWriter(object obj, PropertyInfo propertyInfo, BinaryWriter binaryWriter)
{
Type propertyType = propertyInfo.PropertyType;
dynamic propertyValue = propertyInfo.GetValue(obj);
//We have an enum
if (propertyType.IsEnum)
{
binaryWriter.Write(propertyValue.ToString());
}
//We have an array
else if (propertyType.IsArray)
{
SerialiseArrayToWriter(obj, propertyInfo, binaryWriter);
}
//We have a list
else if (propertyType.IsGenericType && propertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List <>))
{
SerialiseListToWriter(obj, propertyInfo, binaryWriter);
}
//We have a non-primitive type
else if (!PacketConverterHelper.TypeIsPrimitive(propertyType))
{
if (propertyValue != null) //Not null non-primitive type value
{
//There is a value to read from the network stream
binaryWriter.Write((byte)ObjectState.NotNull);
SerialiseObjectToWriter(propertyValue, binaryWriter);
}
else //Null non-primitive type value
{
//There isn't a value to read from the network stream
binaryWriter.Write((byte)ObjectState.Null);
}
}
//We have a primitive type
else
{
if (propertyValue != null) //Not null primitive type value
{
//There is a value to read from the network stream
binaryWriter.Write((byte)ObjectState.NotNull);
//We write the value to the stream
binaryWriter.Write(propertyValue);
}
else //Null primitive type value
{
//There isn't a value to read from the network stream
binaryWriter.Write((byte)ObjectState.Null);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialises the given <see cref="Array"/> from the given <see cref="BinaryReader"/>s underlying
/// <see cref="MemoryStream"/>. Uses <see cref="DeserialiseObjectFromReader(object,BinaryReader)"/> to serialise
/// each of the <see cref="Array"/>s elements to the stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">
/// The <see cref="Array"/> to deserialise from the given <see cref="BinaryReader"/>s underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </param>
/// <param name="propertyInfo">The <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> holding the <see cref="Array"/>.</param>
/// <param name="binaryReader">
/// The <see cref="BinaryReader"/> from whose underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/> to deserialise the given
/// <see cref="PropertyInfo"/>.
/// </param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the <see cref="Array"/>s elements do not have a type.</exception>
private Array ReadArrayFromStream(object obj, PropertyInfo propertyInfo, BinaryReader binaryReader)
{
int arraySize = binaryReader.ReadInt32();
Type elementType = propertyInfo.PropertyType.GetElementType();
Array array = Array.CreateInstance(elementType, arraySize);
for (int i = 0; i < arraySize; ++i)
{
if (elementType.IsClass && !PacketConverterHelper.TypeIsPrimitive(elementType))
{
array.SetValue(DeserialiseObjectFromReader(PacketConverterHelper.InstantiateObject(elementType), binaryReader), i);
}
else
{
array.SetValue(ReadPrimitiveFromStream(elementType, binaryReader), i);
}
}
return(array);
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialises the given <see cref="IList"/> from the given <see cref="BinaryReader"/>s underlying
/// <see cref="MemoryStream"/>. Uses <see cref="DeserialiseObjectFromReader(object,BinaryReader)"/> to serialise
/// each of the <see cref="IList"/>s elements to the stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"> The <see cref="IList"/> to deserialise from the given <see cref="BinaryReader"/>s underlying
/// <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </param>
/// <param name="propertyInfo">The <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> holding the <see cref="IList"/>.</param>
/// <param name="binaryReader">
/// The <see cref="BinaryReader"/> from whose underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/> to deserialise the given
/// <see cref="PropertyInfo"/>.
/// </param>
/// <exception cref="NullReferenceException">
/// Thrown if the <see cref="IList"/> held in the <see cref="MemoryStream"/> is null, or if the <see cref="IList"/>s
/// elements do not have a type.
/// </exception>
private IList ReadListFromStream(object obj, PropertyInfo propertyInfo, BinaryReader binaryReader)
{
int listSize = binaryReader.ReadInt32();
Type listType = propertyInfo.PropertyType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
IList list = (IList)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(List <>).MakeGenericType(listType));
for (int i = 0; i < listSize; ++i)
{
if (listType.IsClass && !PacketConverterHelper.TypeIsPrimitive(listType))
{
list.Add(DeserialiseObjectFromReader(PacketConverterHelper.InstantiateObject(listType), binaryReader));
}
else
{
list.Add(ReadPrimitiveFromStream(listType, binaryReader));
}
}
return(list);
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialises the given <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> from the given <see cref="BinaryReader"/>s underlying
/// <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"> The <see cref="object"/> whose <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> value to deserialise.</param>
/// <param name="propertyInfo">
/// The <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> to deserialise from the given <see cref="BinaryReader"/>s underlying
/// <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </param>
/// <param name="binaryReader">
/// The <see cref="BinaryReader"/> from whose underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/> to deserialise the given
/// <see cref="PropertyInfo"/>.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// The <see cref="object"/> deserialised from the <see cref="MemoryStream"/>. This can be null if the
/// <see cref="ObjectState"/> is <see cref="ObjectState.Null"/>.
/// </returns>
private object DeserialiseObjectFromReader(object obj, PropertyInfo propertyInfo, BinaryReader binaryReader)
{
Type propertyType = propertyInfo.PropertyType;
//We have an enumeration
if (propertyType.IsEnum)
{
return(Enum.Parse(propertyType, binaryReader.ReadString()));
}
//We have an array
if (propertyType.IsArray)
{
return(ReadArrayFromStream(obj, propertyInfo, binaryReader));
}
//We have a generic list
if (propertyType.IsGenericType && propertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List <>))
{
return(ReadListFromStream(obj, propertyInfo, binaryReader));
}
ObjectState objectState = (ObjectState)binaryReader.ReadByte();
if (PacketConverterHelper.TypeIsPrimitive(propertyType)) //We have a primitive type
{
//If the primitive object is null we just return null, otherwise we deserialise from the stream
return(objectState == ObjectState.NotNull
? ReadPrimitiveFromStream(propertyType, binaryReader)
: null);
}
//We have a complex type
//If the custom object is null we just return null, otherwise we deserialise from the stream
return(objectState == ObjectState.NotNull
? DeserialiseObjectFromReader(PacketConverterHelper.InstantiateObject(propertyType), binaryReader)
: null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialises the given <see cref="Array"/> to the given <see cref="BinaryWriter"/>s underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// Uses <see cref="SerialiseObjectToWriter(object,BinaryWriter)"/> to serialise each of the <see cref="Array"/>s
/// elements to the stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">
/// The <see cref="Array"/> to serialise to the given <see cref="BinaryWriter"/>s underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </param>
/// <param name="propertyInfo">The <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> holding the <see cref="Array"/>.</param>
/// <param name="binaryWriter">
/// The <see cref="BinaryWriter"/> to whose underlying <see cref="MemoryStream"/> to serialise the given <see cref="PropertyInfo"/>.
/// </param>
/// <exception cref="NullReferenceException">
/// Thrown if the <see cref="Array"/> held in the given <see cref="PropertyInfo"/> is null, or if the <see cref="Array"/>s
/// elements do not have a type.
/// </exception>
private void SerialiseArrayToWriter(object obj, PropertyInfo propertyInfo, BinaryWriter binaryWriter)
{
Type elementType = propertyInfo.PropertyType.GetElementType();
Array array = (Array)propertyInfo.GetValue(obj);
binaryWriter.Write(array?.Length ?? 0);
if (elementType.IsClass && !PacketConverterHelper.TypeIsPrimitive(elementType))
{
foreach (object element in array)
{
SerialiseObjectToWriter(element, binaryWriter);
}
}
else //Primitive element type
{
foreach (object primitiveElement in array)
{
dynamic primitiveValue = primitiveElement;
binaryWriter.Write(primitiveValue);
}
}
}