From aeea5ad0df546ef7c6b4f19edc3f67d0d2203a3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Machado <loudenvier@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:47:08 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Little refactogin in Serialize method

---
 NetDot/DotNotation.cs | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NetDot/DotNotation.cs b/NetDot/DotNotation.cs
index a9ffe55..e901504 100644
--- a/NetDot/DotNotation.cs
+++ b/NetDot/DotNotation.cs
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ private static void StoreArrayItem(List<object?> list, Member member, object ite
             return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, settings);
         }
 
-        public static string Serialize(object? o, string? prefix = null, DotNotationSettings? settings = null) {
+        public static string Serialize(object? o, string prefix = "", DotNotationSettings? settings = null) {
             settings ??= DotNotationSettings.Default;
-            string dot(string? s) => s is null ? "" : s + settings.DotConnector;
+            string dot(string? s) => string.IsNullOrEmpty(s) ? "" : s + settings.DotConnector;
             if (o is null) return "";
             var sb = new StringBuilder();
             if (typeof(IDictionary).IsAssignableFrom(o.GetType())) {
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ public static string Serialize(object? o, string? prefix = null, DotNotationSett
                         sb.Append(Serialize(v, $"{dot(prefix)}{prop.Name}", settings));
                 }
             } else {
-                if (prefix is not null)
-                    sb.Append(WriteEntry(prefix, o, settings)); // $"{prefix}={o}");
+                sb.Append(WriteEntry(prefix, o, settings)); // $"{prefix}={o}");
             }
             return sb.ToString();
         }