///<summary>For late binding of class type.</summary>
public static string Serialize(Type classType, object obj)
{
StringBuilder strBuild = new StringBuilder();
#if DEBUG
XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.Indent = true;
settings.IndentChars = " ";
//settings.NewLineHandling=NewLineHandling.None;//an attempt to not remove \r in strings. Failed.
//using the constructor decreases performance and leads to memory leaks.
//But it makes the xml much more readable
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(strBuild, settings);
#else
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(strBuild);
#endif
XmlSerializer serializer;
if (classType == typeof(Color))
{
serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(int));
serializer.Serialize(writer, ((Color)obj).ToArgb());
}
else if (classType == typeof(TimeSpan))
{
serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(long));
serializer.Serialize(writer, ((TimeSpan)obj).Ticks);
}
else
{
if (obj != null)
{
obj = XmlConverter.XmlEscapeRecursion(classType, obj); //search object for string fields to escape
}
serializer = new XmlSerializer(classType);
serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);
}
writer.Close();
return(strBuild.ToString());
//the result will be fully qualified xml, including declaration. Example:
/*
* {<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
* <Userod xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
* <IsNew>false</IsNew>
* <UserNum>1</UserNum>
* <UserName>Admin</UserName>
* <Password />
* <UserGroupNum>1</UserGroupNum>
* <EmployeeNum>0</EmployeeNum>
* <ClinicNum>0</ClinicNum>
* <ProvNum>0</ProvNum>
* <IsHidden>false</IsHidden>
* <TaskListInBox>0</TaskListInBox>
* <AnesthProvType>3</AnesthProvType>
* <DefaultHidePopups>false</DefaultHidePopups>
* <PasswordIsStrong>false</PasswordIsStrong>
* </Userod>}*/
}
public void WriteXml(System.Xml.XmlWriter writer)
{
XmlSerializer keySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TKey));
XmlSerializer valueSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TValue));
foreach (TKey key in this.Keys)
{
writer.WriteStartElement("I"); //Item
writer.WriteStartElement("K"); //Key
keySerializer.Serialize(writer, (TKey)XmlConverter.XmlEscapeRecursion(typeof(TKey), key));
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteStartElement("V"); //Value
valueSerializer.Serialize(writer, (TValue)XmlConverter.XmlEscapeRecursion(typeof(TValue), this[key]));
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
}
public string Serialize()
{
if (this.Params != null)
{
foreach (DtoObject dtoCur in Params.Where(x => x != null && x.Obj != null))
{
dtoCur.Obj = XmlConverter.XmlEscapeRecursion(dtoCur.Obj.GetType(), dtoCur.Obj);
}
}
StringBuilder strBuild = new StringBuilder();
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(strBuild);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(this.GetType());
serializer.Serialize(writer, this);
writer.Close();
return(strBuild.ToString());
}