/// <summary>
/// Converts this FDSSection to a textual representation of itself.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="tabulation">How many tabs to start with. Generally do not set this.</param>
/// <param name="newline">What string to use as a new line. Generally do not set this.</param>
/// <returns>The string.</returns>
public string SaveToString(int tabulation = 0, string newline = null)
{
if (newline == null)
{
newline = "\n";
}
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (string key in Data.Keys)
{
FDSData dat = Data[key];
foreach (string str in dat.PrecedingComments)
{
sb.Append('\t', tabulation);
sb.Append("#").Append(str).Append(newline);
}
sb.Append('\t', tabulation);
sb.Append(FDSUtility.EscapeKey(key));
if (dat.Internal is FDSSection)
{
sb.Append(":").Append(newline).Append(((FDSSection)dat.Internal).SaveToString(tabulation + 1, newline));
}
else if (dat.Internal is byte[])
{
sb.Append("= ").Append(dat.Outputable()).Append(newline);
}
else if (dat.Internal is List <FDSData> datums)
{
sb.Append(":").Append(newline);
foreach (FDSData cdat in datums)
{
foreach (string com in cdat.PrecedingComments)
{
sb.Append('\t', tabulation);
sb.Append("#").Append(com).Append(newline);
}
sb.Append('\t', tabulation);
sb.Append("- ").Append(FDSUtility.Escape(cdat.Outputable())).Append(newline);
}
}
else
{
sb.Append(": ").Append(FDSUtility.Escape(dat.Outputable())).Append(newline);
}
}
return(sb.ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the output-able string representation of this data.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The resultant data.</returns>
public string Outputable()
{
if (Internal is List <FDSData> )
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (FDSData dat in (List <FDSData>)Internal)
{
sb.Append(dat.Outputable()).Append('|');
}
return(sb.ToString());
}
if (Internal is byte[])
{
return(Convert.ToBase64String((byte[])Internal, Base64FormattingOptions.None));
}
if (Internal is bool)
{
return(((bool)Internal) ? "true" : "false");
}
return(FDSUtility.Escape(Internal.ToString()));
}