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                            //------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
//
//  Microsoft Windows Client Platform
//  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation, 2005
// 
//  File:      ValueSerializer.cs
// 
//  Contents:  Service for providing and finding custom serialization for 
//             value and value like types.
// 
//  Created:   04/28/2005 [....]
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections; 
using System.Collections.Generic; 
using MS.Internal.Serialization;
 
#pragma warning disable 1634, 1691  // suppressing PreSharp warnings

namespace System.Windows.Markup
{ 
    /// 
    /// ValueSerializer allows a type to declare a serializer to control how the type is serializer to and from string 
    /// If a TypeConverter is declared for a type that converts to and from a string, a default value serializer will 
    /// be created for the type. The string values must be loss-less (i.e. converting to and from a string doesn't loose
    /// data) and must be stable (i.e. returns the same string for the same value). If a type converter doesn't  meet 
    /// these requirements, a custom ValueSerializer must be declared that meet the requirements or associate a null
    /// ValueSerializer with the type to indicate the type converter should be ignored. Implementation of ValueSerializer
    /// should avoid throwing exceptions. Any exceptions thrown could possibly terminate serialization.
    ///  
    public abstract class ValueSerializer
    { 
        ///  
        /// Constructor for a ValueSerializer
        ///  
        protected ValueSerializer() { }

        /// 
        /// Returns true if the given value can be converted to a string. 
        /// 
        /// Value to convert 
        /// Context information 
        /// Whether or not the value can be converted to a string
        public virtual bool CanConvertToString(object value, IValueSerializerContext context) 
        {
            return false;
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Returns true if the given value can be converted from a string. 
        ///  
        /// The string to convert
        /// Context information 
        /// Whether or not the value can be converted from a string
        public virtual bool CanConvertFromString(string value, IValueSerializerContext context)
        {
            return false; 
        }
 
        ///  
        /// Converts the given value to a string for use in serialization. This method should only be
        /// called if CanConvertToString returns true for the given value. 
        /// 
        /// The value to convert to a string
        /// Context information
        /// A string representation of value 
        public virtual string ConvertToString(object value, IValueSerializerContext context)
        { 
            throw GetConvertToException(value, typeof(string)); 
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Convert a string to an object. This method should only be called if CanConvertFromString
        /// returns true for the given string.
        ///  
        /// The string value to convert
        /// Context information 
        /// An object corresponding to the string value 
        public virtual object ConvertFromString(string value, IValueSerializerContext context)
        { 
            throw GetConvertFromException(value);
        }

        static List Empty = new List(); 

        ///  
        /// Returns an enumeration of the types referenced by the value serializer. If the value serializer asks for 
        /// a value serializer for System.Type, any types it asks to convert should be supplied in the returned
        /// enumeration. This allows a serializer to ensure a de-serializer has enough information about the types 
        /// this serializer converts.
        ///
        /// Since a value serializer doesn't exist by default, it is important the value serializer be requested from
        /// the IValueSerializerContext, not ValueSerializer.GetSerializerFor. This allows a serializer to encode 
        /// context information (such as xmlns definitions) to the System.Type converter (for example, which prefix
        /// to generate). 
        ///  
        /// The value being serialized
        /// Context information 
        /// An enumeration of the types converted by this serializer
        public virtual IEnumerable TypeReferences(object value, IValueSerializerContext context)
        {
            return Empty; 
        }
 
        ///  
        /// Get the value serializer declared for the given type.
        ///  
        /// The value type to serialize
        /// The value serializer associated with the given type
        public static ValueSerializer GetSerializerFor(Type type)
        { 
            if (type == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("type"); 
 
            object value = _valueSerializers[type];
            if (value != null) 
                // This uses _valueSerializersLock's instance as a sentinal for null  (as opposed to not attempted yet).
                return value == _valueSerializersLock ? null : value as ValueSerializer;

            AttributeCollection attributes = TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(type); 
            ValueSerializerAttribute attribute = attributes[typeof(ValueSerializerAttribute)] as ValueSerializerAttribute;
            ValueSerializer result = null; 
 
            if (attribute != null)
                result = (ValueSerializer)Activator.CreateInstance(attribute.ValueSerializerType); 

            if (result == null)
            {
                if (type == typeof(string)) 
                {
                    result = new StringValueSerializer(); 
                } 
                else
                { 
                    // Try to use the type converter
                    TypeConverter converter = TypeConverterHelper.GetTypeConverter(type);

                    // DateTime is a special-case.  We can't use the DateTimeConverter, because it doesn't 
                    // support anything other than user culture and invariant culture, and we need to specify
                    // en-us culture. 
                    if (converter.GetType() == typeof(DateTimeConverter2)) 
                    {
                        result = new DateTimeValueSerializer(); 
                    }
                    else if (converter.CanConvertTo(typeof(string)) && converter.CanConvertFrom(typeof(string)) &&
                             !(converter is ReferenceConverter))
                    { 
                        result = new TypeConverterValueSerializer(converter);
                    } 
                } 
            }
            lock (_valueSerializersLock) 
            {
                // This uses _valueSerializersLock's instance as a sentinal for null (as opposed to not attempted yet).
                _valueSerializers[type] = result == null ? _valueSerializersLock : result;
            } 

            return result; 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Get the value serializer declared for the given property. ValueSerializer can be overriden by an attribute
        /// on the property declaration.
        /// 
        /// PropertyDescriptor for the property to be serialized 
        /// A value serializer associated with the given property
        public static ValueSerializer GetSerializerFor(PropertyDescriptor descriptor) 
        { 
            //
            ValueSerializer result; 
            if (descriptor == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("descriptor");
            } 

            #pragma warning suppress 6506 // descriptor is obviously not null 
            ValueSerializerAttribute serializerAttribute = descriptor.Attributes[typeof(ValueSerializerAttribute)] as ValueSerializerAttribute; 
            if (serializerAttribute != null)
            { 
                result = (ValueSerializer)Activator.CreateInstance(serializerAttribute.ValueSerializerType);
            }
            else
            { 
                result = GetSerializerFor(descriptor.PropertyType);
                if (result == null || result is TypeConverterValueSerializer) 
                { 
                    TypeConverter converter = descriptor.Converter;
                    if (converter!=null && converter.CanConvertTo(typeof(string)) && converter.CanConvertFrom(typeof(string)) && 
                        !(converter is ReferenceConverter))
                        result = new TypeConverterValueSerializer(converter);
                }
            } 
            return result;
        } 
 
        /// 
        /// Get the value serializer declared for the given type. This version should be called whenever the caller 
        /// has a IValueSerializerContext to ensure that the correct value serializer is returned for the given
        /// context.
        /// 
        /// The value type to serialize 
        /// Context information
        /// The value serializer associated with the given type 
        public static ValueSerializer GetSerializerFor(Type type, IValueSerializerContext context) 
        {
            if (context != null) 
            {
                ValueSerializer result = context.GetValueSerializerFor(type);
                if (result != null)
                    return result; 
            }
            return GetSerializerFor(type); 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Get the value serializer declared for the given property. ValueSerializer can be overriden by an attribute
        /// on the property declaration. This version should be called whenever the caller has a
        /// IValueSerializerContext to ensure that the correct value serializer is returned for the given context.
        ///  
        /// PropertyDescriptor for the property to be serialized
        /// Context information 
        /// A value serializer associated with the given property 
        public static ValueSerializer GetSerializerFor(PropertyDescriptor descriptor, IValueSerializerContext context)
        { 
            if (context != null)
            {
                ValueSerializer result = context.GetValueSerializerFor(descriptor);
                if (result != null) 
                    return result;
            } 
            return GetSerializerFor(descriptor); 
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Return a exception to throw if the value cannot be converted
        /// 
        protected Exception GetConvertToException(object value, Type destinationType) 
        {
            string text; 
            if (value == null) 
            {
                text = SR.Get(SRID.ToStringNull); 
            }
            else
            {
                text = value.GetType().FullName; 
            }
            return new NotSupportedException(SR.Get(SRID.ConvertToException, base.GetType().Name, text, destinationType.FullName)); 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Return a exception to throw if the string cannot be converted
        /// 
        protected Exception GetConvertFromException(object value)
        { 
            string text;
            if (value == null) 
            { 
                text = SR.Get(SRID.ToStringNull);
            } 
            else
            {
                text = value.GetType().FullName;
            } 
            return new NotSupportedException(SR.Get(SRID.ConvertFromException, base.GetType().Name, text));
        } 
 
        private static void TypeDescriptorRefreshed(RefreshEventArgs args) {
            _valueSerializers = new Hashtable(); 
        }

        static ValueSerializer() {
            TypeDescriptor.Refreshed += TypeDescriptorRefreshed; 
        }
 
        private static object _valueSerializersLock = new object(); 
        private static Hashtable _valueSerializers = new Hashtable();
    } 
}

// File provided for Reference Use Only by Microsoft Corporation (c) 2007.
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
//------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
//
//  Microsoft Windows Client Platform
//  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation, 2005
// 
//  File:      ValueSerializer.cs
// 
//  Contents:  Service for providing and finding custom serialization for 
//             value and value like types.
// 
//  Created:   04/28/2005 [....]
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections; 
using System.Collections.Generic; 
using MS.Internal.Serialization;
 
#pragma warning disable 1634, 1691  // suppressing PreSharp warnings

namespace System.Windows.Markup
{ 
    /// 
    /// ValueSerializer allows a type to declare a serializer to control how the type is serializer to and from string 
    /// If a TypeConverter is declared for a type that converts to and from a string, a default value serializer will 
    /// be created for the type. The string values must be loss-less (i.e. converting to and from a string doesn't loose
    /// data) and must be stable (i.e. returns the same string for the same value). If a type converter doesn't  meet 
    /// these requirements, a custom ValueSerializer must be declared that meet the requirements or associate a null
    /// ValueSerializer with the type to indicate the type converter should be ignored. Implementation of ValueSerializer
    /// should avoid throwing exceptions. Any exceptions thrown could possibly terminate serialization.
    ///  
    public abstract class ValueSerializer
    { 
        ///  
        /// Constructor for a ValueSerializer
        ///  
        protected ValueSerializer() { }

        /// 
        /// Returns true if the given value can be converted to a string. 
        /// 
        /// Value to convert 
        /// Context information 
        /// Whether or not the value can be converted to a string
        public virtual bool CanConvertToString(object value, IValueSerializerContext context) 
        {
            return false;
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Returns true if the given value can be converted from a string. 
        ///  
        /// The string to convert
        /// Context information 
        /// Whether or not the value can be converted from a string
        public virtual bool CanConvertFromString(string value, IValueSerializerContext context)
        {
            return false; 
        }
 
        ///  
        /// Converts the given value to a string for use in serialization. This method should only be
        /// called if CanConvertToString returns true for the given value. 
        /// 
        /// The value to convert to a string
        /// Context information
        /// A string representation of value 
        public virtual string ConvertToString(object value, IValueSerializerContext context)
        { 
            throw GetConvertToException(value, typeof(string)); 
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Convert a string to an object. This method should only be called if CanConvertFromString
        /// returns true for the given string.
        ///  
        /// The string value to convert
        /// Context information 
        /// An object corresponding to the string value 
        public virtual object ConvertFromString(string value, IValueSerializerContext context)
        { 
            throw GetConvertFromException(value);
        }

        static List Empty = new List(); 

        ///  
        /// Returns an enumeration of the types referenced by the value serializer. If the value serializer asks for 
        /// a value serializer for System.Type, any types it asks to convert should be supplied in the returned
        /// enumeration. This allows a serializer to ensure a de-serializer has enough information about the types 
        /// this serializer converts.
        ///
        /// Since a value serializer doesn't exist by default, it is important the value serializer be requested from
        /// the IValueSerializerContext, not ValueSerializer.GetSerializerFor. This allows a serializer to encode 
        /// context information (such as xmlns definitions) to the System.Type converter (for example, which prefix
        /// to generate). 
        ///  
        /// The value being serialized
        /// Context information 
        /// An enumeration of the types converted by this serializer
        public virtual IEnumerable TypeReferences(object value, IValueSerializerContext context)
        {
            return Empty; 
        }
 
        ///  
        /// Get the value serializer declared for the given type.
        ///  
        /// The value type to serialize
        /// The value serializer associated with the given type
        public static ValueSerializer GetSerializerFor(Type type)
        { 
            if (type == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("type"); 
 
            object value = _valueSerializers[type];
            if (value != null) 
                // This uses _valueSerializersLock's instance as a sentinal for null  (as opposed to not attempted yet).
                return value == _valueSerializersLock ? null : value as ValueSerializer;

            AttributeCollection attributes = TypeDescriptor.GetAttributes(type); 
            ValueSerializerAttribute attribute = attributes[typeof(ValueSerializerAttribute)] as ValueSerializerAttribute;
            ValueSerializer result = null; 
 
            if (attribute != null)
                result = (ValueSerializer)Activator.CreateInstance(attribute.ValueSerializerType); 

            if (result == null)
            {
                if (type == typeof(string)) 
                {
                    result = new StringValueSerializer(); 
                } 
                else
                { 
                    // Try to use the type converter
                    TypeConverter converter = TypeConverterHelper.GetTypeConverter(type);

                    // DateTime is a special-case.  We can't use the DateTimeConverter, because it doesn't 
                    // support anything other than user culture and invariant culture, and we need to specify
                    // en-us culture. 
                    if (converter.GetType() == typeof(DateTimeConverter2)) 
                    {
                        result = new DateTimeValueSerializer(); 
                    }
                    else if (converter.CanConvertTo(typeof(string)) && converter.CanConvertFrom(typeof(string)) &&
                             !(converter is ReferenceConverter))
                    { 
                        result = new TypeConverterValueSerializer(converter);
                    } 
                } 
            }
            lock (_valueSerializersLock) 
            {
                // This uses _valueSerializersLock's instance as a sentinal for null (as opposed to not attempted yet).
                _valueSerializers[type] = result == null ? _valueSerializersLock : result;
            } 

            return result; 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Get the value serializer declared for the given property. ValueSerializer can be overriden by an attribute
        /// on the property declaration.
        /// 
        /// PropertyDescriptor for the property to be serialized 
        /// A value serializer associated with the given property
        public static ValueSerializer GetSerializerFor(PropertyDescriptor descriptor) 
        { 
            //
            ValueSerializer result; 
            if (descriptor == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("descriptor");
            } 

            #pragma warning suppress 6506 // descriptor is obviously not null 
            ValueSerializerAttribute serializerAttribute = descriptor.Attributes[typeof(ValueSerializerAttribute)] as ValueSerializerAttribute; 
            if (serializerAttribute != null)
            { 
                result = (ValueSerializer)Activator.CreateInstance(serializerAttribute.ValueSerializerType);
            }
            else
            { 
                result = GetSerializerFor(descriptor.PropertyType);
                if (result == null || result is TypeConverterValueSerializer) 
                { 
                    TypeConverter converter = descriptor.Converter;
                    if (converter!=null && converter.CanConvertTo(typeof(string)) && converter.CanConvertFrom(typeof(string)) && 
                        !(converter is ReferenceConverter))
                        result = new TypeConverterValueSerializer(converter);
                }
            } 
            return result;
        } 
 
        /// 
        /// Get the value serializer declared for the given type. This version should be called whenever the caller 
        /// has a IValueSerializerContext to ensure that the correct value serializer is returned for the given
        /// context.
        /// 
        /// The value type to serialize 
        /// Context information
        /// The value serializer associated with the given type 
        public static ValueSerializer GetSerializerFor(Type type, IValueSerializerContext context) 
        {
            if (context != null) 
            {
                ValueSerializer result = context.GetValueSerializerFor(type);
                if (result != null)
                    return result; 
            }
            return GetSerializerFor(type); 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Get the value serializer declared for the given property. ValueSerializer can be overriden by an attribute
        /// on the property declaration. This version should be called whenever the caller has a
        /// IValueSerializerContext to ensure that the correct value serializer is returned for the given context.
        ///  
        /// PropertyDescriptor for the property to be serialized
        /// Context information 
        /// A value serializer associated with the given property 
        public static ValueSerializer GetSerializerFor(PropertyDescriptor descriptor, IValueSerializerContext context)
        { 
            if (context != null)
            {
                ValueSerializer result = context.GetValueSerializerFor(descriptor);
                if (result != null) 
                    return result;
            } 
            return GetSerializerFor(descriptor); 
        }
 
        /// 
        /// Return a exception to throw if the value cannot be converted
        /// 
        protected Exception GetConvertToException(object value, Type destinationType) 
        {
            string text; 
            if (value == null) 
            {
                text = SR.Get(SRID.ToStringNull); 
            }
            else
            {
                text = value.GetType().FullName; 
            }
            return new NotSupportedException(SR.Get(SRID.ConvertToException, base.GetType().Name, text, destinationType.FullName)); 
        } 

        ///  
        /// Return a exception to throw if the string cannot be converted
        /// 
        protected Exception GetConvertFromException(object value)
        { 
            string text;
            if (value == null) 
            { 
                text = SR.Get(SRID.ToStringNull);
            } 
            else
            {
                text = value.GetType().FullName;
            } 
            return new NotSupportedException(SR.Get(SRID.ConvertFromException, base.GetType().Name, text));
        } 
 
        private static void TypeDescriptorRefreshed(RefreshEventArgs args) {
            _valueSerializers = new Hashtable(); 
        }

        static ValueSerializer() {
            TypeDescriptor.Refreshed += TypeDescriptorRefreshed; 
        }
 
        private static object _valueSerializersLock = new object(); 
        private static Hashtable _valueSerializers = new Hashtable();
    } 
}

// File provided for Reference Use Only by Microsoft Corporation (c) 2007.
// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

                        

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