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 = new XmlSerializer(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;
}
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 = new XmlSerializer(type);
retVal = xmlserializer.Deserialize(reader);
} catch (Exception ex) {
var configEx = new ConfigurationException("Error on deserializing configuration data", ex);
throw configEx;
}
}
}
return retVal;
}
