Possibility to cast SerializedDictionary to Dictionary; minor refactor changes

Author: arimger

Assets/Editor Toolbox/Runtime/Serialization/SerializedDateTime.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 
 namespace UnityEngine
 {
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ public sealed class SerializedDateTime : ISerializationCallbackReceiver
 
         private DateTime dateTime;
 
-
         public SerializedDateTime() : this(0)
         { }
 
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ public SerializedDateTime(DateTime dateTime)
             DateTime = dateTime;
         }
 
-
         void ISerializationCallbackReceiver.OnAfterDeserialize()
         {
             dateTime = new DateTime(ticks);
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@ public DateTime DateTime
             }
         }
 
-
         public static implicit operator DateTime(SerializedDateTime sdt)
         {
             return sdt.DateTime;

Assets/Editor Toolbox/Runtime/Serialization/SerializedDictionary.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace UnityEngine
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Overlay for the <see cref="Dictionary{TKey, TValue}"/> to allow serialization of the key/value pairs.
+    /// Highly suggested to cast it to a <see cref="Dictionary{TKey, TValue}"/> when used in runtime.
     /// </summary>
     [Serializable]
     public sealed class SerializedDictionary<TK, TV> : IDictionary<TK, TV>, ISerializationCallbackReceiver
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ public TV Value
             }
         }
 
-
         [SerializeField]
         private List<KeyValuePair> pairs = new List<KeyValuePair>();
 
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ public TV Value
         [SerializeField, HideInInspector]
         private bool error;
 
+        public SerializedDictionary()
+        { }
+
+        public SerializedDictionary(IDictionary<TK, TV> source)
+        {
+            foreach (var pair in source)
+            {
+                Add(pair.Key, pair.Value);
+            }
+        }
 
         private void UpdateIndexes(int removedIndex)
         {
@@ -58,8 +68,8 @@ private void UpdateIndexes(int removedIndex)
             }
         }
 
-
-        void ISerializationCallbackReceiver.OnBeforeSerialize() { }
+        void ISerializationCallbackReceiver.OnBeforeSerialize()
+        { }
 
         void ISerializationCallbackReceiver.OnAfterDeserialize()
         {
@@ -122,6 +132,9 @@ public void Clear()
             indexByKey.Clear();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a new instance of <see cref="Dictionary{TKey, TValue}"/> using the internally serialized data.
+        /// </summary>
         public Dictionary<TK, TV> BuildNativeDictionary()
         {
             return new Dictionary<TK, TV>(dictionary);
@@ -174,7 +187,6 @@ IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
             return dictionary.GetEnumerator();
         }
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Indicates if there is a key collision in serialized pairs.
         /// Duplicated keys (pairs) won't be added to the final dictionary.
@@ -187,8 +199,6 @@ internal bool Error
 
         public int Count => dictionary.Count;
 
-        public bool IsReadOnly => false;
-
         public ICollection<TK> Keys => dictionary.Keys;
 
         public ICollection<TV> Values => dictionary.Values;
@@ -211,6 +221,18 @@ public TV this[TK key]
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        public bool IsReadOnly => false;
+
+        public static implicit operator Dictionary<TK, TV>(SerializedDictionary<TK, TV> serializedDictionary)
+        {
+            return serializedDictionary.dictionary;
+        }
+
+        public static implicit operator SerializedDictionary<TK, TV>(Dictionary<TK, TV> dictionary)
+        {
+            return new SerializedDictionary<TK, TV>(dictionary);
+        }
     }
 }
 #endif

Assets/Editor Toolbox/Runtime/Serialization/SerializedType.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ public sealed class SerializedType : ISerializationCallbackReceiver
 
         private Type type;
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SerializedType"/> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ public SerializedType(Type type)
             Type = type;
         }
 
-
         public static string GetReferenceValue(Type type)
         {
             return type != null
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ void ISerializationCallbackReceiver.OnAfterDeserialize()
         void ISerializationCallbackReceiver.OnBeforeSerialize()
         { }
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets type of class reference.
         /// </summary>
@@ -108,7 +105,6 @@ public Type Type
             }
         }
 
-
         public static implicit operator string(SerializedType typeReference) => typeReference.typeReference;
 
         public static implicit operator Type(SerializedType typeReference) => typeReference.Type;