private int EncodeProfileData()

in MySql.Web/src/ProfileProvider.cs [545:602]
53 lines of code
17 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    private int EncodeProfileData(SettingsPropertyValueCollection collection, bool isAuthenticated,
        ref string index, ref string stringData, ref byte[] binaryData)
    {
      bool itemsToSave = false;

      // first we need to determine if there are any items that need saving
      // this is an optimization
      foreach (SettingsPropertyValue value in collection)
      {
        if (!value.IsDirty) continue;
        if (value.Property.Attributes["AllowAnonymous"].Equals(false) &&
            !isAuthenticated) continue;
        itemsToSave = true;
        break;
      }
      if (!itemsToSave) return 0;

      StringBuilder indexBuilder = new StringBuilder();
      StringBuilder stringDataBuilder = new StringBuilder();
      MemoryStream binaryBuilder = new MemoryStream();
      int count = 0;

      // ok, we have some values that need to be saved so we go back through
      foreach (SettingsPropertyValue value in collection)
      {
        // if the value has not been written to and is still using the default value
        // no need to save it
        if (value.UsingDefaultValue && !value.IsDirty) continue;

        // we don't save properties that require the user to be authenticated when the
        // current user is not authenticated.
        if (value.Property.Attributes["AllowAnonymous"].Equals(false) &&
            !isAuthenticated) continue;

        count++;
        object propValue = value.SerializedValue;
        if ((value.Deserialized && value.PropertyValue == null) ||
            value.SerializedValue == null)
          indexBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}//0/-1:", value.Name);
        else if (propValue is string)
        {
          indexBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}/0/{1}/{2}:", value.Name,
              stringDataBuilder.Length, (propValue as string).Length);
          stringDataBuilder.Append(propValue);
        }
        else
        {
          byte[] binaryValue = (byte[])propValue;
          indexBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}/1/{1}/{2}:", value.Name,
              binaryBuilder.Position, binaryValue.Length);
          binaryBuilder.Write(binaryValue, 0, binaryValue.Length);
        }
      }
      index = indexBuilder.ToString();
      stringData = stringDataBuilder.ToString();
      binaryData = binaryBuilder.ToArray();
      return count;
    }