/// <summary>
/// Returns the content of request body as is. Ignores the ContentType parameter.
/// The request body must be pre formatted into desired content type by the user of this class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="contentType">Ignored</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public override string ToString(ContentType contentType)
{
//Plain text body should already be in the string serialized form.
//So, default logic to convert to string needs to be overriden.
return (string)Content;
}
public override byte[] ToByteArray(ContentType contentType)
{
//Plain text body should already be in the string serialized form.
//So, default logic to convert to string needs to be overriden.
return (byte[])Content;
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the request body into array of bytes(byte[]).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="contentType">The content type (MIME type) into which the request body must be serialized.</param>
/// <returns>Binary representation of request body that can directly be written into the request stream.</returns>
public virtual byte[] ToByteArray(ContentType contentType)
{
//c# strings are UTF8 encoded
return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(ToString(contentType));
}
public override string ToString(ContentType contentType)
{
//A raw binary data can be represented into ASCII string in most of the system.
return Encoding.ASCII.GetString((byte[])Content);
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialize the content into string using the serializer registerd for given content type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="contentType">The content type (MIME type) into which the request body must be serialized.</param>
/// <returns>String representation of the request body, formatted into the provided content type.</returns>
public virtual string ToString(ContentType contentType)
{
var serializer = RestConfiguration.Serializers.GetSerializer(contentType.ToString());
return serializer.Serialize(this);
}
