Class JsonVisitor

A visitor that traverses a property container and outputs a JSON string.

You can enrich the serialization by

• Extend this class and overriding any methods.
• Implement a JsonVisitorAdapter and register it using

Inheritance

Object

JsonVisitor

Namespace: Unity.Serialization.Json

Syntax

public class JsonVisitor : PropertyVisitor

Constructors

JsonVisitor()

Initializes a new instance of JsonVisitor with the default adapters.

Declaration

public JsonVisitor()

Properties

Builder

The inner string builder being written to.

Declaration

public StringBuilder Builder { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
StringBuilder

Indent

Gets or sets the current indent level.

Declaration

public int Indent { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Int32

Methods

BeginCollection<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty, ref TContainer, ref TValue, ref ChangeTracker)

Invoked before visiting a collection type.

Declaration

protected override VisitStatus BeginCollection<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty property, ref TContainer container, ref TValue value, ref ChangeTracker changeTracker)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TProperty	property	The property being visited.
TContainer	container	The container/host being visited.
TValue	value	The value being visited.
ChangeTracker	changeTracker	The change tracker for change propagation.

Returns

Type	Description
VisitStatus

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TProperty	The property type.
TContainer	The container type.
TValue	The value type.

BeginContainer<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty, ref TContainer, ref TValue, ref ChangeTracker)

Invoked before visiting a container type.

Declaration

protected override VisitStatus BeginContainer<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty property, ref TContainer container, ref TValue value, ref ChangeTracker changeTracker)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TProperty	property	The property being visited.
TContainer	container	The container/host being visited.
TValue	value	The value being visited.
ChangeTracker	changeTracker	The change tracker for change propagation.

Returns

Type	Description
VisitStatus	The result of the visit.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TProperty	The property type.
TContainer	The container type.
TValue	The value type.

EndCollection<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty, ref TContainer, ref TValue, ref ChangeTracker)

Invoked after visiting a collection type.

Declaration

protected override void EndCollection<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty property, ref TContainer container, ref TValue value, ref ChangeTracker changeTracker)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TProperty	property	The property being visited.
TContainer	container	The container/host being visited.
TValue	value	The value being visited.
ChangeTracker	changeTracker	The change tracker for change propagation.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TProperty	The property type.
TContainer	The container type.
TValue	The value type.

EndContainer<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty, ref TContainer, ref TValue, ref ChangeTracker)

Invoked after visiting a container type.

Declaration

protected override void EndContainer<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty property, ref TContainer container, ref TValue value, ref ChangeTracker changeTracker)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TProperty	property	The property being visited.
TContainer	container	The container/host being visited.
TValue	value	The value being visited.
ChangeTracker	changeTracker	The change tracker for change propagation.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TProperty	The property type.
TContainer	The container type.
TValue	The value type.

GetTypeInfo<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty, ref TContainer, ref TValue)

Override this method to provide your own type information in the serialized json.

Declaration

protected virtual string GetTypeInfo<TProperty, TContainer, TValue>(TProperty property, ref TContainer container, ref TValue value)
    where TProperty : IProperty<TContainer, TValue>

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TProperty	property
TContainer	container
TValue	value

Returns

Type	Description
String	The type identifier as a string.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TProperty	The property type.
TContainer	The container type.
TValue	The value type.