From a18fb1e756fa3d0704312179e616bab6edff026d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Phares <mike.phares@infineon.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:40:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] yaml array support

---
 Shared/Models/Stateless/Methods/MarkDown.cs | 37 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Shared/Models/Stateless/Methods/MarkDown.cs b/Shared/Models/Stateless/Methods/MarkDown.cs
index 1e2eb9b..5ef939d 100644
--- a/Shared/Models/Stateless/Methods/MarkDown.cs
+++ b/Shared/Models/Stateless/Methods/MarkDown.cs
@@ -10,20 +10,41 @@ internal abstract class MarkDown
 
     // ...
 
-    internal static List<string> GetFrontMatterLines(long ticks, string fullName, string lowerHyphenFullName, Models.GenealogicalDataCommunication genealogicalDataCommunication)
+    private static List<string> GetFrontMatterLines(string[] parsedLines)
     {
         List<string> results = new();
         string afterTrim;
         string[] segments;
-        string[] jsonLines = genealogicalDataCommunication.ToString().Split(Environment.NewLine);
-        foreach (string jsonLine in jsonLines)
+        StringBuilder stringBuilder = new();
+        for (int i = 0; i < parsedLines.Length; i++)
         {
-            afterTrim = jsonLine.Trim();
+            afterTrim = parsedLines[i].Trim();
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(afterTrim) || afterTrim.First() is '{' or '}')
                 continue;
             segments = afterTrim.Split(": ");
             if (segments.Length != 2)
             {
+                if (results.Last()[^1] == '[')
+                {
+                    _ = stringBuilder.Clear();
+                    _ = stringBuilder.Append(results.Last());
+                    results.RemoveAt(results.Count - 1);
+                    for (int j = i; j < parsedLines.Length; j++)
+                    {
+                        i = j;
+                        afterTrim = parsedLines[j].Trim();
+                        if (afterTrim != "],")
+                            _ = stringBuilder.Append(afterTrim);
+                        else
+                            _ = stringBuilder.Append(afterTrim[..^1]);
+                        if (afterTrim is "]" or "],")
+                        {
+                            results.Add(stringBuilder.ToString());
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
                 results.Clear();
                 break;
             }
@@ -32,6 +53,14 @@ internal abstract class MarkDown
             else
                 results.Add(afterTrim[1..^1].Replace("\": ", ": "));
         }
+        return results;
+    }
+
+    internal static List<string> GetFrontMatterLines(long ticks, string fullName, string lowerHyphenFullName, Models.GenealogicalDataCommunication genealogicalDataCommunication)
+    {
+        List<string> results;
+        string[] parsedLines = genealogicalDataCommunication.ToString().Split(Environment.NewLine);
+        results = GetFrontMatterLines(parsedLines);        
         if (results.Any())
         {
             DateTime dateTime = new DateTime(ticks).ToUniversalTime();