using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Collections;

namespace System.Web.Script.Serialization.CS
{
    public class ListItemCollectionConverter : JavaScriptConverter
    {

        public override IEnumerable<Type> SupportedTypes
        {
            //Define the ListItemCollection as a supported type.
            get { return new ReadOnlyCollection<Type>(new List<Type>(new Type[] { typeof(ListItemCollection) })); }
        }

        public override IDictionary<string, object> Serialize(object obj, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
        {
            ListItemCollection listType = obj as ListItemCollection;

            if (listType != null)
            {
                // Create the representation.
                Dictionary<string, object> result = new Dictionary<string, object>();
                ArrayList itemsList = new ArrayList();
                foreach (ListItem item in listType)
                {
                    //Add each entry to the dictionary.
                    Dictionary<string, object> listDict = new Dictionary<string, object>();
                    listDict.Add("Value", item.Value);
                    listDict.Add("Text", item.Text);
                    itemsList.Add(listDict);
                }
                result["List"] = itemsList;

                return result;
            }
            return new Dictionary<string, object>();
        }

        public override object Deserialize(IDictionary<string, object> dictionary, Type type, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
        {
            if (dictionary == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("dictionary");

            if (type == typeof(ListItemCollection))
            {
                // Create the instance to deserialize into.
                ListItemCollection list = new ListItemCollection();

                // Deserialize the ListItemCollection's items.
                ArrayList itemsList = (ArrayList)dictionary["List"];
                for (int i=0; i<itemsList.Count; i++)
                    list.Add(serializer.ConvertToType<ListItem>(itemsList[i]));

                return list;
            }
            return null;
        }

    }
}