public static object Deserialize(Stream stream, SerializerFlags flags, CompressionImplementation compression, Type instanceType)
{
TypeSerializationInfo typeInfo = null;
TypeSerializationArgs args = new TypeSerializationArgs();
object instance = Activator.CreateInstance(instanceType);
args.Flags = flags;
args.Reader = GetReader(stream, flags, compression);
typeInfo = TypeSerializationInfo.GetTypeInfo(instanceType);
typeInfo.Deserialize(ref instance, args);
return(instance);
}
/// <summary>
/// Internal use only
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="instance"></param>
/// <param name="args"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool Deserialize <T>(ref object instance, TypeSerializationArgs args)
{
TypeSerializationInfo typeInfo = null;
// Check arguments
if (args.Reader == null)
{
Debug.Fail("Input stream is null");
throw new ArgumentNullException("reader");
}
if (args.IsBaseClass)
{
// For base class handling, make sure we explicitly get the type
// info for the template parameter
typeInfo = TypeSerializationInfo.GetTypeInfo(typeof(T));
}
else
{
// Otherwise use the default type detection
typeInfo = TypeSerializationInfo.GetTypeInfo <T>(instance);
}
return(typeInfo.Deserialize(ref instance, args));
}