source: branches/New Persistence Exploration/Persistence/Persistence/Core/Serializer.cs @ 1360

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;
using System;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Interfaces;

namespace HeuristicLab.Persistence.Core {

  public class Serializer : IEnumerable<ISerializationToken> {

    private readonly object obj;
    private readonly string rootName;
    private readonly Dictionary<object, int> obj2id;
    private readonly Dictionary<Type, int> typeCache;
    private readonly Configuration configuration;

    public Dictionary<string, int> TypeCache {
      get {        
        Dictionary<string, int> result = new Dictionary<string, int>();
        foreach ( var pair in typeCache )
          result.Add(pair.Key.AssemblyQualifiedName, pair.Value);
        return result;                                     
      }
    }

    public Serializer(object obj, Configuration configuration) :        
      this(obj, configuration, "ROOT") { }

    public Serializer(object obj, Configuration configuration, string rootName) {
      this.obj = obj;
      this.rootName = rootName;
      this.configuration = configuration;      
      obj2id = new Dictionary<object, int> {{new object(), 0}};
      typeCache = new Dictionary<Type, int>();
    }

    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() {
      return GetEnumerator();
    }

    public IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> GetEnumerator() {
      DataMemberAccessor rootAccessor = new DataMemberAccessor(
        rootName, obj.GetType(), null, () => obj, null);
      IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> iterator = Serialize(rootAccessor);
      while (iterator.MoveNext())
        yield return iterator.Current;      
    }

    
    private IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> Serialize(DataMemberAccessor accessor) {
      object value = accessor.Get();
      if (value == null)
        return NullReferenceEnumeration(accessor.Name);
      if (obj2id.ContainsKey(value))
        return ReferenceTokenEnumeration(accessor.Name, obj2id[value]);              
      if ( ! typeCache.ContainsKey(value.GetType()))
        typeCache.Add(value.GetType(), typeCache.Count);
      int typeId = typeCache[value.GetType()];
      int? id = null;
      if ( ! value.GetType().IsValueType) {
        id = obj2id.Count;
        obj2id.Add(value, (int)id);
      }
      IFormatter formatter = configuration.GetFormatter(value.GetType());
      if (formatter != null)
        return PrimitiveEnumeration(accessor.Name, typeId, formatter.DoFormat(value), id);
      IDecomposer decomposer = configuration.GetDecomposer(value.GetType()); 
      if (decomposer != null)
        return CompositeEnumeration(accessor.Name, decomposer.DeCompose(value), id, typeId);            
      return StorableEnumeration(accessor.Name, value, id, typeId);
    }

    private IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> NullReferenceEnumeration(string name) {
      yield return new NullReferenceToken(name);
    }

    private IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> ReferenceTokenEnumeration(string name, int id) {
      yield return new ReferenceToken(name, id);
    }

    private IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> PrimitiveEnumeration(string name, int typeId, object serializedValue, int? id) {
      yield return new PrimitiveToken(name, typeId, serializedValue, id);
    }

    private IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> CompositeEnumeration(string name, IEnumerable values, int? id, int typeId) {
      yield return new BeginToken(name, typeId, id);      
        foreach (object o in values) {
          IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> iterator = Serialize(new DataMemberAccessor(o));
          while (iterator.MoveNext())
            yield return iterator.Current;
        }
      yield return new EndToken(name, typeId, id);        
    }

    private IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> StorableEnumeration(string name, object value, int? id, int typeId) {            
      yield return new BeginToken(name, typeId, id);
      int nSubComponents = 0;
      foreach (KeyValuePair<string, DataMemberAccessor> mapping in
        StorableAttribute.GetAutostorableAccessors(value)) {
        nSubComponents += 1;
        IEnumerator<ISerializationToken> iterator = Serialize(mapping.Value);
        while (iterator.MoveNext()) {
          yield return iterator.Current;
        }
      }
      if (nSubComponents == 0) {
        throw new ApplicationException(String.Format(
                                         "Composite value of type \"{0}\" contains no subcomponents",
                                         value.GetType().FullName));
      }
      yield return new EndToken(name, typeId, id);
    }
  }


}