/// <summary>
/// Serialises the specified object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">A T that is the object to serialise.</param>
/// <returns>An array of byte containing the serialised object.</returns>
public static byte[] Serialise(T obj)
{
DataContractJsonSerializer Serialiser;
byte[] ReturnValue = null;
MemoryStream TargetStream;
// Create the serialiser
Serialiser = CreateSerialiser();
// Serialise the object
TargetStream = new MemoryStream();
Serialiser.WriteObject(TargetStream, obj);
ReturnValue = TargetStream.GetBuffer();
return(ReturnValue);
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialises the specified data stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">A Stream containing the data to deserialise.</param>
/// <returns>A T desrialised from the data.</returns>
public static T Deserialise(Stream data)
{
object SourceObject;
DataContractJsonSerializer Serialiser;
T ReturnValue = default(T);
// Create the serialiser
Serialiser = CreateSerialiser();
// Desrialise the object and check it's valid
SourceObject = Serialiser.ReadObject(data);
if (SourceObject != null && SourceObject is T)
{
ReturnValue = (T)SourceObject;
}
return(ReturnValue);
}
