/// <summary>
/// Uses <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/> to serialize an object.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The encoding attribute in the XML declaration will have the value UTF-8. You must take care
/// to also specify UTF-8 encoding when you write the resulting XML string to any output stream(s).
/// If you write the string to a non-UTF-8 output, encoding errors may occur during deserialization.
/// </remarks>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown if <paramref name="obj"/> is null.</exception>
public static string Serialize(this HelpersContainerClasses.DataContract container, object obj)
{
if (obj == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("obj");
}
using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
{
var writer = XmlWriter.Create(stream, new XmlWriterSettings
{
Encoding = Encoding.UTF8,
IndentChars = "\t",
Indent = true
});
new DataContractSerializer(obj.GetType()).WriteObject(writer, obj);
writer.Flush();
stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
var reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8);
return(reader.ReadToEnd());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes an object using <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The encoding attribute in the XML declaration will be ignored, if present.
/// It is your responsibility to ensure that the XML is loaded into the string with the correct reader encoding.
/// </remarks>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown if <paramref name="xml"/> is null.</exception>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown if <paramref name="type"/> is null.</exception>
public static object Deserialize(this HelpersContainerClasses.DataContract container, string xml, Type type)
{
if (xml == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("xml");
}
if (type == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("type");
}
return(new DataContractSerializer(type).ReadObject(XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xml))));
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes an object using <see cref="DataContractSerializer"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The encoding attribute in the XML declaration will be ignored, if present.
/// It is your responsibility to ensure that the XML is loaded into the string with the correct reader encoding.
/// </remarks>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown if <paramref name="xml"/> is null.</exception>
public static T Deserialize <T>(this HelpersContainerClasses.DataContract container, string xml)
{
return((T)Helpers.DataContract.Deserialize(xml, typeof(T)));
}
