using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections;

namespace oodb.mapping
{
    public class ArrayMapping : ListMapping
    {
        public ArrayMapping(OODB oodb,Type type)
            :base(oodb,typeof(List<>).MakeGenericType(type.GetElementType()))
        {
        }

        public override XmlElement ToXml(XmlDocument xmlDocument, object value)
        {
            IList list = value as IList;
            Array array = Array.CreateInstance(ElementMapping.NativeType, list.Count);
            (list as IList).CopyTo(array, 0);

            return base.ToXml(xmlDocument,list);
        }
        public override object FromXml(XmlElement xmlValue)
        {
            IList list = base.FromXml(xmlValue) as IList;
            Array array = Array.CreateInstance(ElementMapping.NativeType, list.Count) as Array;
            list.CopyTo(array, list.Count);
            return array;

        }
    }
}