public static string SerializeToString(this ModelElement modelElement)
{
string serializedString = null;
var serializer = modelElement.GetSerializer();
if (serializer != null)
{
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
DomainXmlSerializerDirectory directory = modelElement.Store.SerializerDirectory;
SerializationContext serializationContext = new SerializationContext(directory);
// MonikerResolver shouldn't be required in Save operation, so not calling SetupMonikerResolver() here.
serializationContext.WriteOptionalPropertiesWithDefaultValue = false;
var settings =
DONetEntityModelDesignerSerializationHelper.Instance.CreateXmlWriterSettings(serializationContext,
false,
Encoding.UTF8);
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(stream, settings))
{
serializer.Write(serializationContext, modelElement, writer);
writer.Flush();
stream.Position = 0;
serializedString = new StreamReader(stream).ReadToEnd();
writer.Close();
stream.Close();
}
}
}
return(serializedString);
}