QList is a lightweight C# library for serializing and parsing structured data using a custom, human-readable format. It provides three main components:

• QListObject: A flexible container for key-value pairs.
• QListSerializer: Converts QListObject instances to string representations.
• QListParser: Parses strings into QListObject instances.

Features

• Supports nested objects, lists, strings, numbers, and booleans.
• Simple, readable syntax for data interchange.
• .NET 8 and C# 12 compatible.

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Installation

Add the source files (QListObject.cs, QListParser.cs, QListSerializer.cs) to your project.

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Usage

Creating a QListObject

using QList;

var obj = new QListObject();
obj["name"] = "Alice";
obj["age"] = 30;
obj["isActive"] = true;
obj["scores"] = new List<object> { 95, 88, 76 };

var address = new QListObject();
address["city"] = "Wonderland";
address["zip"] = "12345";
obj["address"] = address;

Serializing

var serializer = new QListSerializer();
string serialized = serializer.Serialize(obj);
// Output example: {name="Alice";age=30;isActive=true;scores=[95,88,76];address={city="Wonderland";zip="12345";};}

Parsing

var parser = new QListParser();
QListObject parsed = parser.Parse(serialized);
string name = parsed["name"] as string; // "Alice"

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Format Example

{
  name="Alice";
  age=30;
  isActive=true;
  scores=[95,88,76];
  address={city="Wonderland";zip="12345";};
}

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API Reference

QListObject

• Dictionary<string, object> Properties
  Stores the object's key-value pairs.
• object this[string key]
  Indexer for getting/setting properties.

QListSerializer

• string Serialize(QListObject obj)
  Serializes a QListObject to a string.

QListParser

• QListObject Parse(string input)
  Parses a string into a QListObject.

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