Serialise/Deserialize C# data into a string representing a Lua Table
Code:
using LuaTableSerializer;
var lst = new List<string>(){"Hey", "You"};
var dict = new Dictionary<string, object>{
{"Bob", 1},
{"James", 1.1},
{"Sid", "Sid"},
{"list", lst},
{"dict", new Dictionary<string, int>{
{"1", 1},
{"2", 2},
{"3", 3},
{"4", 4},
}
},
{"dictNumKey", new Dictionary<int, int>{
{1, 1},
{2, 2},
{3, 3},
{4, 4},
}
},
{"dictOBJ", new Dictionary<string, object>{
{"1", 1},
{"1.5", 1.5},
{"str", "item"},
{"lst", lst},
}
}
};
var serialisedData = LuaSerializer.Serialize(dict);
Console.WriteLine($"mission = {serialisedData}");
var deserialised = LuaSerializer.Deserialize(serialisedData);
Utils.PrintDict(deserialised);Output:
mission = {
["Bob"] = 1,
["James"] = 1.1,
["Sid"] = "Sid",
["list"] = {
[1] = "Hey",
[2] = "You",
},
["dict"] = {
["1"] = 1,
["2"] = 2,
["3"] = 3,
["4"] = 4,
},
["dictNumKey"] = {
[1] = 1,
[2] = 2,
[3] = 3,
[4] = 4,
},
["dictOBJ"] = {
["1"] = 1,
["1.5"] = 1.5,
["str"] = "item",
["lst"] = {
[1] = "Hey",
[2] = "You",
},
},
}
// Print Dictionary as data.
K:Bob V:1
K:James V:1.1
K:Sid V:Sid
K:list V:
K:1 V:Hey
K:2 V:You
K:dict V:
K:1 V:1
K:2 V:2
K:3 V:3
K:4 V:4
K:dictNumKey V:
K:1 V:1
K:2 V:2
K:3 V:3
K:4 V:4
K:dictOBJ V:
K:1 V:1
K:1.5 V:1.5
K:str V:item
K:lst V:
K:1 V:Hey
K:2 V:YouClasses can support serialization with the function public string ToLuaString()
This is just so you can output an class how you want and often incorporates a nested serialization
public string ToLuaString()
{
var obj = newDictionary<string,string>{{"value",value}};
return LuaSerializer.Serialize(obj);
}