Added logic to automatically fill all generic (I)List / (I)Dictionary…

… with the default value (string), removed some unneeded mapping for the TypeConverter(s).

Dapplo.Config.Test/TestInterfaces/IIniTest.cs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ string FirstName
 			set;
 		}
 
-		[DefaultValue("5,3,2,1,1"), TypeConverter(typeof (StringToGenericListConverter<int>))]
+		[DefaultValue("5,3,2,1,1")]
 		IList<int> WindowCornerCutShape
 		{
 			get;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ string NotWritten
 			set;
 		}
 
-		[Description("Here are some values"), TypeConverter(typeof (GenericDictionaryConverter<string, int>))]
+		[Description("Here are some values")]
 		IDictionary<string, int> SomeValues
 		{
 			get;

Dapplo.Config/Ini/IniConfig.cs

@@ -169,18 +169,7 @@ public IniConfig SetDefaultConverters()
 			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(System.Drawing.Point), typeof(PointTypeConverter));
 			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(System.Drawing.Rectangle), typeof(RectangleTypeConverter));
 			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(System.Drawing.Color), typeof(ColorTypeConverter));
-
-			// Dictionary
-			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(IDictionary<string, string>), typeof(GenericDictionaryConverter<string, string>));
-			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(Dictionary<string, string>), typeof(GenericDictionaryConverter<string, string>));
-			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(IDictionary<string, int>), typeof(GenericDictionaryConverter<string, int>));
-			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(Dictionary<string, int>), typeof(GenericDictionaryConverter<string, int>));
-
-			// List
-			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(IList<string>), typeof(StringToGenericListConverter<string>));
-			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(List<string>), typeof(StringToGenericListConverter<string>));
-			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(IList<int>), typeof(StringToGenericListConverter<int>));
-			SetDefaultConverter(typeof(List<int>), typeof(StringToGenericListConverter<int>));
+
 			return this;
 		}
 

Dapplo.Config/Support/PropertyInfoExtension.cs

@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public static TypeConverter GetTypeConverter(this PropertyInfo propertyInfo) {
 					return (TypeConverter)Activator.CreateInstance(typeConverterType);
 				}
 			}
-			return null;
+
+			return propertyInfo.PropertyType.GetTypeConverter();
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>

Dapplo.Config/Support/TypeExtensions.cs

@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
  * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+using Dapplo.Config.Converters;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 
 namespace Dapplo.Config.Support {
 	/// <summary>
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ public static bool IsGenericDirectory(this Type valueType) {
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="valueType">Type to check for</param>
 		/// <returns>true if it is a generic list</returns>
-		public  static bool IsGenericList(this Type valueType) {
+		public static bool IsGenericList(this Type valueType) {
 			return valueType.IsGenericType && (valueType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>) || valueType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IList<>));
 		}
 
@@ -62,5 +64,21 @@ public static object CreateInstance(this Type valueType) {
 			}
 			return Activator.CreateInstance(valueType);
 		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Create a type converter for the supplied type
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="valueType"></param>
+		/// <returns>TypeConverter</returns>
+		public static TypeConverter GetTypeConverter(this Type valueType) {
+			if (IsGenericList(valueType)) {
+				return (TypeConverter)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(StringToGenericListConverter<>).MakeGenericType(valueType.GetGenericArguments()[0]));
+			} else if (IsGenericDirectory(valueType)) {
+				Type type1 = valueType.GetGenericArguments()[0];
+				Type type2 = valueType.GetGenericArguments()[1];
+				return (TypeConverter)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(GenericDictionaryConverter<,>).MakeGenericType(type1, type2));
+			}
+			return null;
+		} 
 	}
 }