From 78b2d6025553a14af1cd434a20a1f546e2c4e502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pavel Djundik <xPaw@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:38:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add serialize overload that accepts KVFile

---
 .../ValveKeyValue.Test/Test Data/apisurface.txt          | 1 +
 ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializer.cs              | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue.Test/Test Data/apisurface.txt b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue.Test/Test Data/apisurface.txt
index df6a3c9c..45ccb132 100644
--- a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue.Test/Test Data/apisurface.txt	
+++ b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue.Test/Test Data/apisurface.txt	
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ public class ValveKeyValue.KVSerializer
     public int GetHashCode();
     public Type GetType();
     protected object MemberwiseClone();
+    public void Serialize(System.IO.Stream stream, ValveKeyValue.KVFile data, ValveKeyValue.KVSerializerOptions options);
     public void Serialize(System.IO.Stream stream, ValveKeyValue.KVObject data, ValveKeyValue.KVSerializerOptions options);
     public void Serialize<ValveKeyValue.TData>(System.IO.Stream stream, ValveKeyValue.TData data, string name, ValveKeyValue.KVSerializerOptions options);
     public string ToString();
diff --git a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializer.cs b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializer.cs
index aad3234c..23e03a85 100644
--- a/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializer.cs
+++ b/ValveKeyValue/ValveKeyValue/KVSerializer.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ public void Serialize(Stream stream, KVObject data, KVSerializerOptions options
             visitor.Visit(data);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Serializes a KeyValue object into stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="stream">The stream to serialize into.</param>
+        /// <param name="data">The data to serialize.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">Options to use that can influence the serialization process.</param>
+        public void Serialize(Stream stream, KVFile data, KVSerializerOptions options = null) =>
+            Serialize(stream, data, options);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Serializes a KeyValue object into stream in plain text..
         /// </summary>