Added Descriptor Category in ITypeDescriptor.

SharpYaml/Serialization/DescriptorCategory.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015 SharpYaml - Alexandre Mutel
+// 
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+// 
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+// 
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+// THE SOFTWARE.
+// 
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// SharpYaml is a fork of YamlDotNet https://github.com/aaubry/YamlDotNet
+// published with the following license:
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// 
+// Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Antoine Aubry
+// 
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+// this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+// the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+// use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+// of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+// so, subject to the following conditions:
+// 
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+// 
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+namespace SharpYaml.Serialization
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A category used by <see cref="ITypeDescriptor"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum DescriptorCategory
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A primitive.
+        /// </summary>
+        Primitive,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A collection.
+        /// </summary>
+        Collection,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// An array
+        /// </summary>
+        Array,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A dictionary
+        /// </summary>
+        Dictionary,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// An object
+        /// </summary>
+        Object,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A nullable value
+        /// </summary>
+        Nullable,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A custom descriptor.
+        /// </summary>
+        Custom
+    }
+}

SharpYaml/Serialization/Descriptors/ArrayDescriptor.cs

@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ namespace SharpYaml.Serialization.Descriptors
 			toArrayMethod = listType.GetMethod("ToArray");
 		}
 
+		public override DescriptorCategory Category
+		{
+			get { return DescriptorCategory.Array; }
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets the type of the array element.
 		/// </summary>

SharpYaml/Serialization/Descriptors/CollectionDescriptor.cs

@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ namespace SharpYaml.Serialization.Descriptors
             IsPureCollection = Count == 0;
 	    }
 
+		public override DescriptorCategory Category
+		{
+			get { return DescriptorCategory.Collection; }
+		}
+
 	    /// <summary>
 		/// Gets or sets the type of the element.
 		/// </summary>

SharpYaml/Serialization/Descriptors/DictionaryDescriptor.cs

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ namespace SharpYaml.Serialization.Descriptors
             IsPureDictionary = Count == 0;
         }
 
+		public override DescriptorCategory Category
+		{
+			get { return DescriptorCategory.Dictionary; }
+		}
+
 	    /// <summary>
 		/// Gets a value indicating whether this instance is generic dictionary.
 		/// </summary>

SharpYaml/Serialization/Descriptors/NullableDescriptor.cs

@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ namespace SharpYaml.Serialization.Descriptors
 			UnderlyingType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(type);
 		}
 
+		public override DescriptorCategory Category
+		{
+			get { return DescriptorCategory.Nullable; }
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets the type underlying type T of the nullable <see cref="Nullable{T}"/>
 		/// </summary>

SharpYaml/Serialization/Descriptors/ObjectDescriptor.cs

@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ namespace SharpYaml.Serialization.Descriptors
             get { return members == null ? 0 : members.Count; }
 		}
 
+		public virtual DescriptorCategory Category
+		{
+			get { return DescriptorCategory.Object; }
+		}
+
 		public bool HasMembers
 		{
 			get { return members.Count > 0; }

SharpYaml/Serialization/Descriptors/PrimitiveDescriptor.cs

@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ namespace SharpYaml.Serialization.Descriptors
             }
 		}
 
+		public override DescriptorCategory Category
+		{
+			get { return DescriptorCategory.Primitive; }
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Determines whether the specified type is a primitive.
 		/// </summary>

SharpYaml/Serialization/ITypeDescriptor.cs

@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ namespace SharpYaml.Serialization
 		/// <value>The member count.</value>
 		int Count { get; }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the category of this descriptor.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <value>The category.</value>
+		DescriptorCategory Category { get; }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets a value indicating whether this instance has members.
 		/// </summary>

SharpYaml/SharpYAml.csproj

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     <Compile Include="MemoryParser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Serialization\AnchorEventEmitter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Serialization\DefaultNamingConvention.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Serialization\DescriptorCategory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Serialization\Descriptors\DefaultKeyComparer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Serialization\FlatNamingConvention.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Serialization\IMemberNamingConvention.cs" />