public TemplateData asList()
{
if (this.type == "list")
{
// already a list, so just clone it
return(new TemplateData(this));
}
Dictionary <string, object> dict = (Dictionary <string, object>)JsonSupport.Deserialize(this.toJson());
List <object> list = new List <object>();
list.Add(dict);
return(new TemplateData(list));
}
static List <object> foundObjects; // used to protect against ToJson loops
public TemplateData(object jsonData, TemplateData parent = null)
{
object json;
if (jsonData is string)
{
json = JsonSupport.Deserialize((string)jsonData);
// TemplateData supports arrays of strings by making them lists of dictionaries with a single element
///json = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<dynamic>("{\"_\": \"" + ((string)jsonData).Replace("\"", "\\\"") + "\"}");
}
else if (jsonData is List <object> || jsonData is Object[] || jsonData is ArrayList)
{
this.type = "list";
if (jsonData is ArrayList)
{
jsonData = ((ArrayList)jsonData).ToArray().ToList();
}
else if (jsonData is Object[])
{
jsonData = ((Object[])jsonData).ToList();
}
((IList <object>)jsonData).ToList().ForEach((item) => {
this.list.Add(new TemplateData(item, this));
});
this.parent = parent;
return;
}
else if (jsonData is TemplateData)
{
// filter or clone
if (((TemplateData)jsonData).type == "list")
{
this.type = "list";
((TemplateData)jsonData).list.ForEach((item) =>
{
this.list.Add(new TemplateData(item, parent));
});
return;
}
else
{
json = JsonSupport.Deserialize(((TemplateData)jsonData).toJson()); // clone by converting to Json and back
}
}
else
{
json = jsonData;
}
if (json is List <object> )
{
this.type = "list";
((List <object>)json).ForEach(item =>
{
this.list.Add(new TemplateData(item is TemplateData || item is Dictionary <string, object>?item: item.ToString(), this));
});
}
else
{
object converted = JsonSupport.ConvertToDictionaryOrList(json);
if (converted is Dictionary <string, object> )
{
this.type = "dictionary";
Dictionary <string, object> dict = new Dictionary <string, object>();
foreach (string key in ((Dictionary <string, object>)converted).Keys)
{
object keyItem = ((Dictionary <string, object>)converted)[key];
if (keyItem is List <object> || keyItem is Dictionary <string, object> || keyItem is Object[] || keyItem is ArrayList)
{
dict.Add(key, new TemplateData(((Dictionary <string, object>)converted)[key], this));
}
else
{
dict.Add(key, ((Dictionary <string, object>)converted)[key]);
}
}
this.dictionary = dict;
}
else
{
this.type = "list";
foreach (object itm in (List <object>)converted)
{
this.list.Add(new TemplateData(itm));
}
}
}
if (parent != null)
{
this.parent = parent;
}
}