/// <summary>
/// Serializes the specified writer.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serializer"> The serializer. </param>
/// <param name="writer"> The writer. </param>
/// <param name="value"> The value. </param>
/// <param name="element"> The element. </param>
public static void Serialize(this XmlSerializer serializer, XmlWriter writer, object value, string element)
{
if (value == null)
{
return;
}
try
{
if (value.GetType( )
.IsPrimitive || value is Guid || value is string)
{
writer.WriteStartElement(element);
writer.WriteStartAttribute("Type");
writer.WriteValue(value.GetType( )
.IsPrimitive ? TypeEnumerator.GetShortTypeNameFor(value.GetType( )) : value.GetType( )
.AssemblyQualifiedName);
writer.WriteEndAttribute( );
writer.WriteStartAttribute("Value");
writer.WriteValue(Convert.ToString(value));
writer.WriteEndAttribute( );
}
else
{
var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(value.GetType( ));
writer.WriteStartElement(element);
writer.WriteStartAttribute("Type");
writer.WriteValue(value.GetType( )
.IsPrimitive ? TypeEnumerator.GetShortTypeNameFor(value.GetType( )) : value.GetType( )
.AssemblyQualifiedName);
writer.WriteEndAttribute( );
xmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, value);
}
}
catch
{
// object cannot be serialized
if (Log.IsWarnEnabled)
{
Log.WarnFormat("Object Type : {0} cannot be XmlSerialized", value.GetType( ));
}
}
writer.WriteEndElement( );
}
public static string ToSerializableForm(this MethodInfo method)
{
string serializableName = TypeEnumerator.GetShortTypeNameFor(method.DeclaringType) + Environment.NewLine;
if (!method.IsGenericMethod)
{
serializableName += method.ToString( );
}
else
{
serializableName += method.GetGenericMethodDefinition( ) + Environment.NewLine +
String.Join(Environment.NewLine, method.GetGenericArguments( ).Select(ty => ty.ToSerializableForm( )).ToArray( ));
}
return(serializableName);
}
public static string ToSerializableForm(this MemberInfo member)
{
//return member.DeclaringType.AssemblyQualifiedName + Environment.NewLine + member;
return(TypeEnumerator.GetShortTypeNameFor(member.DeclaringType) + Environment.NewLine + member);
}
