//  SerializeSettings


namespace Leguar.TotalJSON {
	
	/// <summary>
	/// Settings for serialization.
	/// </summary>
	public class SerializeSettings {

		private bool allowNonStringDictionaryKeys = false;

		/// <summary>
		/// By default this is false. Meaning that if any dictionary is serialized to JSON object, source dictionary must be using string keys, like JSON itself is using.
		/// 
		/// If this is set false, dictionaries key type may be anything and serialization is just using ToString() to create key. In this case, make sure each dictionary
		/// key string representation is unique.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		/// False by default, set true to allow any dictionary keys.
		/// </value>
		public bool AllowNonStringDictionaryKeys {
			set {
				allowNonStringDictionaryKeys = value;
			}
			get {
				return allowNonStringDictionaryKeys;
			}
		}

		private bool serializeEnumsDirectlyToInts = false;
		
		/// <summary>
		/// By default this is false. Enums are serialized as they appear for c# reflection.
		/// 
		/// For example, if there is class with enum like this:
		/// <code>
		/// public enum MyEnum { Zero, One, Two, Three }
		/// public MyEnum myField = MyEnym.Two;
		/// </code>
		/// then serialized data will be
		/// <code>
		/// myField:{"value__":2}
		/// </code>
		/// since internally c# enum field appears as class where field "value__" is current selection.
		///
		/// If this setting SerializeEnumsDirectlyToInts is set to true, serialization data in above case will be just integer value
		/// <code>
		/// myField:2
		/// </code>
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		/// False by default, set true to serialize enum values as plain integers.
		/// </value>
		public bool SerializeEnumsDirectlyToInts {
			set {
				serializeEnumsDirectlyToInts = value;
			}
			get {
				return serializeEnumsDirectlyToInts;
			}
		}
		
		private bool ignoreSystemAndUnitySerializeAttributes = false;

		/// <summary>
		/// By default this is false. Meaning that serialization will check fields for UnityEngine.SerializeField and System.NonSerialized attributes and follow those.
		/// 
		/// In case these attributes are required for other uses but JSON serialization should not follow these attributes, you can set this setting to true and those
		/// attributes will be ignored during JSON serialization. You can still include/exclude single fields from serialization using TotalJSON's own
		/// IncludeToJSONSerialize and ExcludeFromJSONSerialize attributes which are always followed regardless of this setting.
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>
		/// False by default, set true to ignore non-json specific serialization attributes.
		/// </value>
		public bool IgnoreSystemAndUnitySerializeAttributes {
			set {
				ignoreSystemAndUnitySerializeAttributes = value;
			}
			get {
				return ignoreSystemAndUnitySerializeAttributes;
			}
		}

	}

}