/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes XML from the specified file to an object of the specified type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The object type</typeparam>
/// <param name="filename">The filename from which to load</param>
/// <param name="fKeepWhitespaceInElements">if set to <c>true</c>, the reader
/// will preserve and return elements that contain only whitespace, otherwise
/// these elements will be ignored during a deserialization.</param>
/// <param name="e">The exception generated during the deserialization.</param>
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public static T DeserializeFromFile <T>(string filename, bool fKeepWhitespaceInElements,
out Exception e) where T : class
{
T data = null;
e = null;
try
{
if (!File.Exists(filename))
{
return(null);
}
using (XLiffXmlReader reader = new XLiffXmlReader(
filename, fKeepWhitespaceInElements))
{
data = DeserializeInternal <T>(reader);
}
}
catch (Exception outEx)
{
e = outEx;
}
return(data);
}
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes XML from the specified string to an object of the specified type.
/// </summary>
/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public static T DeserializeFromString <T>(string input, bool fKeepWhitespaceInElements,
out Exception e) where T : class
{
T data = null;
e = null;
try
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
{
return(null);
}
// Whitespace is not allowed before the XML declaration,
// so get rid of any that exists.
input = input.TrimStart();
using (XLiffXmlReader reader = new XLiffXmlReader(
new StringReader(input), fKeepWhitespaceInElements))
{
data = DeserializeInternal <T>(reader);
}
}
catch (Exception outEx)
{
e = outEx;
}
return(data);
}
