From d1a443dad254f3d23f507b2574d2aae5a546eac0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Ombwa <peter.ombwa@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:33:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add directive to ensure we serialize DictionaryEntry types.

---
 src/readme.graph.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/readme.graph.md b/src/readme.graph.md
index 5e2036371b1..39595403448 100644
--- a/src/readme.graph.md
+++ b/src/readme.graph.md
@@ -647,6 +647,11 @@ directive:
         // Changes excludes hashset to a case-insensitive hashset.
         let fromJsonRegex = /(\s*FromJson<\w*>\s*\(JsonObject\s*json\s*,\s*System\.Collections\.Generic\.IDictionary.*)(\s*)({)/gm
         $ = $.replace(fromJsonRegex, '$1$2$3\n$2 if (excludes != null){ excludes = new System.Collections.Generic.HashSet<string>(excludes, global::System.StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);}');
+
+        // Serialize DictionaryEntry struct as a value type.
+        let dictionaryEntrySerializer = 'if (vValue is System.Collections.DictionaryEntry deValue){return new JsonObject { { deValue.Key.ToString(), ToJsonValue(deValue.Value) } };}';
+        let valueTypeSerializerRegex = /(private\s*static\s*JsonNode\s*ToJsonValue\(ValueType vValue\)\s*{\s*)/gm
+        $ = $.replace(valueTypeSerializerRegex, `$1 ${dictionaryEntrySerializer}\n`);
         return $;
       }