InvalidCastException when trying to retrieve my dictionary from the config

I get this message as soon as the OnServerCommand hook is triggered:

Code:

Failed to call hook 'OnServerCommand' on plugin 'CustomHelp v1.0.0' (InvalidCastException: Value is not a convertible object: System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Object] to System.String[])

This is the only code that's in the hook function:

Code:

Dictionary<string, string[]> dict = Config.Get<Dictionary<string, string[]>>("Commands");

And this is the code I use for the config for "Commands":

Code:

Config["Commands"] = new Dictionary<string, string[]>() {
    {"wipe", new string[]{ "The next wipe is gonna be on 2/2" } },
    {"kit", new string[] {"There's not gonna be kits or tp on this server.", "We want the server to feel vanilla!"} }
};

Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
~K

 

Bump..

 

Try casting as a Dictionary<string, object>() instead.

 

How would I go about using that Object as an string[] later? I'm trying it out right now but don't seem like I get any progress.

 

Just as an example, this should work (untested, and I'm pretty sure there is a better/easier way to go about this, but I can't think/remember it right now):

Code:

            var dict = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            var dict2 = new Dictionary<string, string[]>();
            foreach(var kvp in dict)
            {
                dict2[kvp.Key] = (string[])kvp.Value;
            }

You could apply this to your code by reading it as a string, object and then creating a new one with the type you want.

(and of course if the object inside the first dictionary isn't a string[], it will fail to cast it again)

 

Code:

private Dictionary<string, string[]> dict;

Code:

void Loaded()
{
    foreach(var obj in (Dictionary<string, object>)Config["Commands"])
    {
        dict[obj.Key] = (string[])obj.Value;
    }
}

This generates a:

Code:

Failed to initialize plugin 'CustomHelp v1.0.0' (InvalidCastException: Cannot cast from source type to destination type.)

I'm probably just gonna need to change the way I setup my Config D:

 

Initialized it before?

Code:

private Dictionary<string, string[]> dict = new Dictionary <string, string[]>();

You can't use it like dict[obj.Key] when its still null.

EDIT: the init would fail without defining a length for the array, like string[9] for example.
Cause of that you dont know it before, using this instead of object type is mainly not useful here or very hard to handle.

 

You're absolutely right I never did! I will try to rewrite my code and try that again!