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Lith
Lith

Reputation: 1325

Reading lua into c# onbject

I know its possible to pass Json data into c# object, but is it possible to do with lua?

Lets say this is my lua code:

data:extend(
{
  {
    type = "technology",
    localised_name = {"technology-name.logistic-science-pack"},
    effects =
    {
      {
        type = "unlock-recipe",
        recipe = "logistic-science-pack"
      }
    },
    unit =
    {
      count = 75,
      ingredients = {{"automation-science-pack", 1}},
      time = 5
    },
  },
  {
    type = "technology",
    localised_name = {"technology-name.chemical-science-pack"},
    effects =
    {
      {
        type = "unlock-recipe",
        recipe = "chemical-science-pack"
      }
    },
    unit =
    {
      count = 75,
      ingredients =
      {
        {"automation-science-pack", 1},
        {"logistic-science-pack", 1}
      },
      time = 10
    },
    prerequisites = {"advanced-electronics", "sulfur-processing"},
  },
}
)

Yes, its a list of same object. This code, alto shortened, is from a game that I took as an example (and what 'm using to play around with lua).

Would it be possible to convert this lua code/data into a c# object or at least into Json so later you can convert Json into c# object?

I been trying to find the answer on the net, but all I'm finding is how to use lua for scrips or writing a script to create and store c# objects. Nothing what im looking for.

Also what nuGet package should I get or would you recommend? It seems there a lot of em on nuGet package browser (VS) and over the net there are a lot of different opinions.

Thank you in advance!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 243

Answers (1)

Leszek Mazur
Leszek Mazur

Reputation: 2531

If you use lua C# engine (like Nlua), you can get object direcly from this engine. If you name lua state as state it may be returned by state.DoString ("return data")[0].

If you connect only to C#, you have to use serializing. JSON is good documented and mature format and have many lua libraries. My personal best is dkjson.

Upvotes: 2

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