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//
//   Custom Visualization Core library
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#pragma once

#include "cvfObject.h"
#include "cvfString.h"
#include "cvfVariant.h"

namespace cvf {

class PropertySetCollection;
class PropertySet;
class XmlDocument;
class XmlElement;


//==================================================================================================
//
// 
//
//==================================================================================================
class PropertyXmlSerializer 
{
public:
    static void             toXml(const PropertySetCollection& propertySetCollection, XmlElement* parent);
    static void             toPropertySetCollection(const XmlElement& xmlPropertySetCollectionElement, PropertySetCollection* propertySetCollection);

private:
    static void             createAddXmlElementFromPropertySet(const PropertySet& propertySet, XmlElement* parent);
    static XmlElement*      createAddXmlElementFromVariant(const Variant& variant, XmlElement* parent);
    static XmlElement*      createAddXmlElementFromArrayVariant(const Variant& arrayVariant, XmlElement* parent);
    static String           valueTextFromVec3dVariant(const Variant& variant);
    static String           valueTextFromColor3fVariant(const Variant& variant);
    static ref<PropertySet> createPropertySetFromXmlElement(const XmlElement& xmlPropertySetElement);
    static Variant          variantFromXmlElement(const XmlElement& xmlVariantElement);
    static Variant          arrayVariantFromXmlElement(const XmlElement& xmlArrayVariantElement);
    static Variant          variantFromVec3dValueText(const String& vec3dValueText);
    static Variant          variantFromColor3fValueText(const String& color3fValueText);
};

} // namespace cvf