/// <summary>
/// Takes a xml string and deserializes it back to a object of a type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TResult">The type of the members of values.</typeparam>
/// <param name="strValue">Current String</param>
/// <returns>returns a deserialized object of the type of T.</returns>
public static TResult FromXML <TResult>(this string strValue)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(strValue) == false)
{
return(GenericType.Create <TResult>());
}
using (TextReader textReader = new StringReader(strValue))
{
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TResult));
return(xmlSerializer.Deserialize(textReader).ToTypeCast <TResult>());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes a JSON2 string and deserializes it back to a object of a type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TResult">The type of the members of values.</typeparam>
/// <param name="strValue">Current String</param>
/// <returns>returns a deserialized object of the type of T.</returns>
public static TResult FromJSON2 <TResult>(this string strValue)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(strValue) == false)
{
return(GenericType.Create <TResult>());
}
DataContractJsonSerializer json = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(TResult));
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
ms.Write(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(strValue), 0, strValue.Length);
return(json.ReadObject(ms).ToTypeCast <TResult>());
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes a Base64 string and decodes it to a string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="strValue">Current String</param>
/// <returns>string of the decoded string.</returns>
public static TResult FromBase64 <TResult>(this string strValue)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(strValue) == false)
{
return(GenericType.Create <TResult>());
}
try
{
return(Convert.FromBase64String(strValue).ToTypeCast <TResult>());
}
catch
{
return(GenericType.Create <TResult>());
}
}