public static XDocument Serialize <T>(T value, bool useDataContract = false)
{
XDocument doc = new XDocument(new XDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", "no"));
if (!useDataContract)
{
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
using (var writer = doc.CreateWriter())
xmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, value);
}
else
{
DataContractSerializer xmlSerializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T));
using (var writer = doc.CreateWriter())
xmlSerializer.WriteObject(writer, value);
}
foreach (XElement XE in doc.Root.DescendantsAndSelf())
{
// Stripping the namespace by setting the name of the element to it's localname only
XE.Name = XE.Name.LocalName;
// replacing all attributes with attributes that are not namespaces and their names are set to only the localname
XE.ReplaceAttributes((from xattrib in XE.Attributes().Where(xa => !xa.IsNamespaceDeclaration) select new XAttribute(xattrib.Name.LocalName, xattrib.Value)));
}
return(doc);
}
private static void StripNamespacesFromXml(XDocument xml)
{
foreach (XElement XE in xml.Root.DescendantsAndSelf())
{
// Stripping the namespace by setting the name of the element to it's localname only
if (XE.Name.Namespace.NamespaceName.Equals("http://schemas.microsoft.com/msus/2002/12/BaseApplicabilityRules"))
{
XE.Name = $"b.{XE.Name.LocalName}";
}
else if (XE.Name.Namespace.NamespaceName.Equals("http://schemas.microsoft.com/msus/2002/12/MsiApplicabilityRules"))
{
XE.Name = $"m.{XE.Name.LocalName}";
}
else if (XE.Name.Namespace.NamespaceName.Equals("http://schemas.microsoft.com/msus/2002/12/UpdateHandlers/WindowsDriver"))
{
XE.Name = $"d.{XE.Name.LocalName}";
}
else
{
XE.Name = XE.Name.LocalName;
}
// replacing all attributes with attributes that are not namespaces and their names are set to only the localname
XE.ReplaceAttributes((from xattrib in XE.Attributes().Where(xa => !xa.IsNamespaceDeclaration) select new XAttribute(xattrib.Name.LocalName, xattrib.Value)));
}
}
public static string Convert(string xml)
{
var doc = XDocument.Parse(xml);
doc.Declaration = null;
foreach (XElement XE in doc.Root.DescendantsAndSelf())
{
XE.Name = XE.Name.LocalName;
XE.ReplaceAttributes((from xattrib in XE.Attributes().Where(xa => !xa.IsNamespaceDeclaration) select new XAttribute(xattrib.Name.LocalName, xattrib.Value)));
}
var xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
xmlDocument.LoadXml(doc.ToString());
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeXmlNode(xmlDocument);
return(Regex.Replace(json, "(?<=\")(@)(?!.*\":\\s )", string.Empty, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
}
