/// <summary>
/// Serialize the given <see cref="UserConfig"/>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="config">The Config instance.</param>
/// <returns>A string of serialized XML.</returns>
public static string Serialize(UserConfig config)
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(config.GetType());
using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
{
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings()
{
Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false),
Indent = false,
NewLineOnAttributes = false
};
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(stream, settings))
{
serializer.Serialize(writer, config);
return(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stream.ToArray()));
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialize an XML string into a <see cref="UserConfig"/> model
/// </summary>
/// <param name="raw">An XML string.</param>
/// <returns><see cref="UserConfig"/> Model</returns>
public static UserConfig Deserialize(string raw)
{
var config = new UserConfig();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(raw))
{
return(config);
}
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(config.GetType());
using (var reader = new StringReader(raw))
{
try
{
return((UserConfig)serializer.Deserialize(reader));
}
catch (InvalidOperationException)
{
return(config);
}
}
}