///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>This method serializes an input object into a string.</summary>
///
/// <param name="inputObject">The input object to serialize.</param>
///
/// <returns>The string representing the serialization of the input object</returns>
///
/// <returns>The serialized output.</returns>
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public static string Serialize <T>(ISortableDataObjectList <T> inputObject) where T : IDataObject, new()
{
string serializedData = string.Empty;
try
{
// set up output stream
MemoryStream writer = new MemoryStream();
// serialize
DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(inputObject.GetType());
serializer.WriteObject(writer, inputObject);
serializedData = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(writer.ToArray());
writer.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
bool reThrow = ExceptionHandler.HandleException(ex);
if (reThrow)
{
throw;
}
}
return(serializedData);
}
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>This constructor takes in a source list from which data is copied from.
/// Output properties can be filtered out.</summary>
///
/// <param name="sourceDataObjectList">The source sortable list to copy to this list.</param>
/// <param name="filterElements">Field and property values to exclude from transform.</param>
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public SortableDataObjectList(ISortableDataObjectList <T> sourceDataObjectList, NameObjectCollection filterElements)
{
if (sourceDataObjectList != null)
{
foreach (T loopItem in sourceDataObjectList)
{
T newItem = new T();
newItem.TransformDataFromObject(loopItem, filterElements);
this.Add(newItem);
}
}
}
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>This constructor takes in a sortable list from which data is copied from.</summary>
///
/// <param name="sourceDataObjectList">The source sortable list to copy to this list.</param>
///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public SortableDataObjectList(ISortableDataObjectList <T> sourceDataObjectList)
{
if (sourceDataObjectList != null)
{
foreach (T loopItem in sourceDataObjectList)
{
T newItem = new T();
newItem.TransformDataFromObject(loopItem, null);
this.Add(newItem);
}
}
}
