private object Deserializer(Type type, string value)
{
object retVal = null;
// First try to deserialize using simple types first, then use xml serializer
if (value == null)
{
return(null);
}
else if (typeof(string) == type)
{
retVal = value;
}
else if (typeof(Type) == type)
{
retVal = Type.GetType(value);
}
else if (type.IsEnum)
{
retVal = Enum.Parse(type, value);
}
if (retVal == null)
{
retVal = TryParsePrimitive(type, value);
}
if (retVal == null)
{
using (var reader = new StringReader(value))
{
try
{
XmlSerializer xmlserializer = XmlSerializerCache.GetSerializer(type);
retVal = xmlserializer.Deserialize(reader);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
var configEx = new ConfigurationException("Error on deserializing configuration data", ex);
throw configEx;
}
}
}
return(retVal);
}
private string Serializer(Type type, object value)
{
if (value == null)
{
return(null);
}
string retVal = null;
//Try to simplify serialization for simple types first without using xmlserializer.
if (typeof(string) == type)
{
retVal = value as string;
}
else if (typeof(Type) == type)
{
retVal = ((Type)value).AssemblyQualifiedName;
}
else if (type.IsEnum)
{
retVal = value.ToString();
}
else
{
retVal = TrySerializePrimitive(type, value);
}
if (retVal == null)
{
using (var writer = new StringWriter(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
{
try
{
XmlSerializer xmlserializer = XmlSerializerCache.GetSerializer(type);
xmlserializer.Serialize(writer, value);
retVal = writer.ToString();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
var configEx = new ConfigurationException("Error on serializing configuration data", ex);
throw configEx;
}
}
}
return(retVal);
}
