/// <summary>
/// Centralized location for seralization, but does not set any members on the class.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="data"></param>
/// <param name="seralization"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string Encode <T>(T data, SeralizeAs seralization)
{
if (seralization == SeralizeAs.Xml)
{
return(Seralizer.ObjectToXmlString <T>(data));
}
else if (seralization == SeralizeAs.Json)
{
return(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data));
}
else
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unknown seralization selected");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Reads the property value.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The property value.</returns>
private object ReadPropertyValue()
{
SeralizeAs serializeAs = (SeralizeAs)Enum.Parse(typeof(SeralizeAs), this.reader.GetAttribute(SeralizeAsAttribute));
if (serializeAs == SeralizeAs.Font)
{
return(FontSerailizer.ReadType(this.reader));
}
else if (serializeAs == SeralizeAs.Point)
{
return(PointSerializer.ReadType(this.reader));
}
else if (serializeAs == SeralizeAs.Size)
{
return(SizeSerializer.ReadType(this.reader));
}
else if (serializeAs == SeralizeAs.Color)
{
return(ColorSerializer.ReadType(this.reader));
}
else if (serializeAs == SeralizeAs.RecentFiles)
{
return(RecentFiles.ReadType(this.reader));
}
else
{
// SeralizeAs.Default
Type type = Type.GetType(this.reader.GetAttribute(TypeAttribute));
if (type.IsEnum)
{
return(Enum.Parse(type, this.reader.ReadString()));
}
else if (type == typeof(string))
{
return(this.reader.ReadString());
}
else
{
return(Convert.ChangeType(this.reader.ReadString(), type, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture));
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor that allows the data and seralization to get set upon creation
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data"></param>
/// <param name="seralization"></param>
public DataEventArgs(Object data, SeralizeAs seralization)
{
SetData(data, seralization);
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes the data and seralizes it and sets the seralization
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="data"></param>
/// <param name="seralization"></param>
public void SetData <T>(T data, SeralizeAs seralization)
{
Data = Encode(data, seralization);
Seralization = seralization;
}