/// <summary>
/// Deserialize and return data of the specified type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name='dataType'>
/// The type of the data.
/// </param>
public virtual object Deserialize(Type dataType)
{
if (dataType == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("dataType");
}
Type serializationType = this.SelectSerializationType(dataType);
ISerializationContainer container = this.Retrieve(serializationType);
return(container.Deserialize());
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialize and persist the specified data.
/// </summary>
/// <param name='dataType'>
/// The type of the data.
/// </param>
/// <param name='data'>
/// The 'payload' data to serialize.
/// </param>
public virtual void Serialize(Type dataType, object data)
{
if (dataType == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("dataType");
}
Type serializationType = this.SelectSerializationType(dataType);
ISerializationContainer container = this.CreateSerializationContainer(serializationType);
container.Type = serializationType;
container.Serialize(data);
this.Persist(container);
}
/// <summary> /// Persist the specified raw serialized data. /// </summary> /// <param name='data'> /// The raw/serialized data to persist. /// </param> public abstract void Persist(ISerializationContainer data);