private static JsonNode? SerializeConfiguration()

in tools/code/common/Configuration.cs [33:81]
44 lines of code
9 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    private static JsonNode? SerializeConfiguration(IConfiguration configuration)
    {
        var jsonObject = new JsonObject(nodeOptions);

        foreach (var child in configuration.GetChildren())
        {
            if (child.Path.EndsWith(":0", StringComparison.Ordinal))
            {
                var jsonArray = new JsonArray(nodeOptions);

                foreach (var arrayChild in configuration.GetChildren())
                {
                    jsonArray.Add(SerializeConfiguration(arrayChild));
                }

                return jsonArray;
            }
            else
            {
                jsonObject.Add(child.Key, SerializeConfiguration(child));
            }
        }

        if (jsonObject.Count == 0 && configuration is IConfigurationSection configurationSection)
        {
            string? sectionValue = configurationSection.Value;

            if (bool.TryParse(sectionValue, out var boolValue))
            {
                return JsonValue.Create(boolValue);
            }
            else if (decimal.TryParse(sectionValue, out var decimalValue))
            {
                return JsonValue.Create(decimalValue);
            }
            else if (long.TryParse(sectionValue, out var longValue))
            {
                return JsonValue.Create(longValue);
            }
            else
            {
                return JsonValue.Create(sectionValue);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            return jsonObject;
        }
    }