public ConfigMessageSerializerClass CreateClassInfoFromType(Type type, SerializationDefaults serializationDefaults = null)
{
if (serializationDefaults == null)
{
serializationDefaults = new SerializationDefaults();
}
MessageSerializedClassInfo messageSerializedClassInfo = new MessageSerializedClassInfo(type, null, serializationDefaults);
ConfigMessageSerializerClass configMessageSerializerClass = new ConfigMessageSerializerClass();
ConfigClassInfo configClassInfo = new ConfigClassInfo();
configClassInfo.AssemblyName = messageSerializedClassInfo.ClassType.Assembly.FullName;
configClassInfo.ClassFullName = messageSerializedClassInfo.ClassType.FullName;
configClassInfo.MessageClassAttribute = messageSerializedClassInfo.MessageClassAttribute;
configMessageSerializerClass.ClassInfo = configClassInfo;
foreach (MessageSerializedPropertyInfo messageSerializedPropertyInfo in messageSerializedClassInfo.Properties)
{
ConfigPropertyInfo configPropertyInfo = new ConfigPropertyInfo();
configPropertyInfo.Name = messageSerializedPropertyInfo.PropertyInfo.Name;
//configPropertyInfo._messagePropertyAttribute = messageSerializedPropertyInfo.MessagePropertyAttribute;
configPropertyInfo.Attributes.Add(messageSerializedPropertyInfo.MessagePropertyAttribute);
configClassInfo.Properties.Add(configPropertyInfo);
}
return(configMessageSerializerClass);
}
// Do the same with ReadFromFile
public static ConfigMessageSerializerClass ReadFromFile(string filename)
{
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ConfigMessageSerializerClass), GetAttributeOverrides(GetDefaultExtraTypes()));
ConfigMessageSerializerClass configMessageSerializerClass = (ConfigMessageSerializerClass)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(fileStream);
fileStream.Close();
return(configMessageSerializerClass);
}
// These functions are for reading and writing from files
public static void WriteToFile(ConfigMessageSerializerClass messageSerializedClassInfo)
{
// The ClassFullName will be something like SomeNamespace.SomethingElse.ClassName
// We just want the ClassName part
// LastIndexOf will return -1 if there is no . so by adding 1 we'll get the whole string
string filename = GetDefaultFileName(messageSerializedClassInfo.ClassInfo.ClassFullName);
WriteToFile(filename, messageSerializedClassInfo);
}
protected static List <Type> GetExtraTypes(ConfigMessageSerializerClass configMessageSerializerClass)
{
var extraTypes = new HashSet <Type>();
extraTypes.Add(typeof(Attribute));
foreach (var property in configMessageSerializerClass.ClassInfo.Properties)
{
foreach (var attribute in property.Attributes)
{
if (!extraTypes.Contains(attribute.GetType()))
{
extraTypes.Add(attribute.GetType());
}
}
}
return(extraTypes.ToList());
}
public static void WriteToFile(string filename, ConfigMessageSerializerClass configMessageSerializerClass)
{
TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);
// The XmlSerializer won't work correctly if you have a List<Something> and there are types
// that derive from Something, like SomethingElse in the list. So we go through and find
// them from the attributes so the XmlSerializer is aware of them.
// Here's some articles of note:
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11886290/use-the-xmlinclude-or-soapinclude-attribute-to-specify-types-that-are-not-known
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4616505/is-there-a-reason-why-a-base-class-decorated-with-xmlinclude-would-still-throw-a
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2689566/how-to-add-xmlinclude-attribute-dynamically/2689660#2689660
// https://en.it1352.com/article/4ff854d603034ef3a6364c581b252959.html
XmlAttributeOverrides attributeOverrides = GetAttributeOverrides(configMessageSerializerClass);
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ConfigMessageSerializerClass), attributeOverrides);
xmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, configMessageSerializerClass);
writer.Close();
}
public static void WriteDefaultToFile(string filename, Type type)
{
ConfigMessageSerializerClass configMessageSerializerClass = Serializer.Instance.CreateClassInfoFromType(type);
WriteToFile(filename, configMessageSerializerClass);
}
public static XmlAttributeOverrides GetAttributeOverrides(ConfigMessageSerializerClass configMessageSerializerClass)
{
var extraTypes = GetExtraTypes(configMessageSerializerClass);
return(GetAttributeOverrides(extraTypes));
}
