GDSerializer 2.0.3

Bugfixes and minor tweaks.

Bugfixes

• Serializer now properly accounts an object's members' actual types when serializing them
• Serializer no longer considers properties with compiler-generated get accessors to be non-serializable
  • Allows auto-properties to be (de)serialized as intended

Tweaks

• Serializer now uses the name "Object" on the XML element for all serialized objects
  • The Type attribute is used to record the actual type
• XMLEscape() Godot extension method is no longer used as the C# XML API does it automatically

GDSerializer 2.0.2

Minor (yet significant) bugfix.

Bugfixes

• Avoid using ContainsAll() as it is bugged

GDSerializer 2.0.1

Minor (yet significant) bugfix.

Bugfixes

• Fix Serializer comparing mandatory fields/properties with deserialized values rather than deserialized fields/properties

GDSerializer 2.0.0

Improvements and major API changes.

Additions

• Add serializer for Godot nodes and scenes
• Add serializer for XML nodes
• Add serializer for Types

Changes

• Improve parser for type names
  • Parse type name as written in code
  • Add support for serializing open generic types and multi-dimensional array types
  • Breaking change
• Remove generic Serialize<T>() method
• Refactor member (de)serialization into separate methods
• Expose CollectionSerializer's item serializer for access by inheriting types
• Refactor LINQ query syntax into method chain syntax
• Use Godot's provided XMLEscape() methods when storing type names in XML
• Avoid handling exceptions in specialized serializer types
• Make EnumerableSerializer return a List<T> directly rather than a copy

GDSerializer 1.1.0

Refactorings and new features.

Additions

• XML nodes can now "refer" to other XML nodes using a unique ID
  • This allows deserialized objects to share references to the same object for their fields or properties

Changes

• SerializationException is no longer in the Godot.Serialization.Utility.Exceptions namespace, but instead in Godot.Serialization

Bugfixes

• DictionarySerializer now uses its item serializer during deserialization
  • Was earlier creating and using a Serializer

GDSerializer 1.0.0

Refactorings and new features.

Additions

• Enums can now be (de)serialized using the constant name, rather than <value__>...</value__>
  • Handled by EnumSerializer
• The [AfterSerialization] and [AfterDeserialization] attributes allow static and instance methods to be called after (de)serialization

Changes

• Serializer no longer uses a static dictionary
  • It instead uses an instance one passed during construction
  • Prevents multiple Serializer instances from interfering with each other
• Serializer classes that depend on another serializer now require an ISerializer reference during construction
• Serializer no longer creates multiple instances of SimpleSerializer and VectorSerializer

GDSerializer 0.2.0

Bugfixes and new features.

Additions

• Arrays can now be (de)serialized
  • Handled by ArraySerializer

Changes

• The way Serializer searches for a specialized serializer for a type has been refactored, but should still functionally work the same

Bugfixes

• CollectionSerializer and its inheriting serializers no longer assume that all items in a collection are of the same type, and use the Type attribute to get the correct type if it is different

GDSerializer 0.1.2

Bugfixes and minor API changes.

Changes

• ISerializer.Serialize(object, XmlDocument?) is now ISerializer.Serialize(object, Type?)
  • Easier to use XmlDocument.CloneNode(XmlNode) to clone and add nodes from different XML document contexts
  • Allows serializing as a different type (eg. the base type)

Bugfixes

• Specialized serializers no longer inherit from Serializer
  • Fixes recursion issues with virtual methods

GDSerializer 0.1.1

Bugfixes.

Additions

• Utility data structure OrderedDictionary<TKey, TValue>

Bugfixes

• Fixed issues with indefinite recursion in the Serializer() constructor (or that of its subclasses)
• Serializer.Specialized now uses OrderedDictionary<Type, ISerializer>
  • Gets rid of issues with insertion order that may arise when finding specialized serializer types

GDSerializer 0.1.0

Initial release.

Additions

• ISerializer interface
• Default serializer implementation (Serializer)
  • Can be configured to use specialized serializers for specific types
• Serializer for simple types (SimpleSerializer)
• Serializer for collections (CollectionSerializer)
• Serializer for enumerables (EnumerableSerializer)
• Serializer for dictionaries (DictionarySerializer)
• Serializer for vectors (VectorSerializer)