public static string ToJSON(EntityCollection collection, Formatting format)
{
var space = format == Formatting.Indented ? " " : "";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("{" + EntitySerializer.Sep(format, 1) + "\"entities\":" + space + "[");
List <string> entities = new List <string>();
foreach (Entity entity in collection.Entities)
{
entities.Add(EntitySerializer.ToJSON(entity, format, 2));
}
sb.Append(string.Join(",", entities));
sb.Append(EntitySerializer.Sep(format, 1) + "]" + EntitySerializer.Sep(format, 0) + "}");
return(sb.ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// Helper method to return the Type of a value
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value"></param>
/// <param name="showFriendlyNames"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Type GetValueType(object value, bool showFriendlyNames)
{
if (value == null)
{
return(typeof(string));
}
if (showFriendlyNames && !ValueTypeIsFriendly(value))
{
return(typeof(string));
}
var basevalue = EntitySerializer.AttributeToBaseType(value);
if (basevalue == null)
{
return(typeof(string));
}
return(basevalue.GetType());
}
public static EntityCollection Deserialize(XmlDocument serializedEntities)
{
var ec = new EntityCollection();
if (serializedEntities != null && serializedEntities.ChildNodes.Count > 0)
{
if (serializedEntities.ChildNodes[0].Name == "Entities")
{
var entityName = string.Empty;
foreach (XmlNode xEntity in serializedEntities.ChildNodes[0].ChildNodes)
{
var entity = EntitySerializer.Deserialize(xEntity);
ec.Entities.Add(entity);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(entityName))
{
entityName = entity.LogicalName;
}
if (!entityName.Equals(entity.LogicalName))
{
entityName = "[multipleentities]";
}
}
if (!entityName.Equals("[multipleentities]"))
{
ec.EntityName = entityName;
}
}
else
{
var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(EntityCollection), new List <Type> {
typeof(Entity)
});
var sr = new StringReader(serializedEntities.OuterXml);
using (var reader = new XmlTextReader(sr))
{
ec = (EntityCollection)serializer.ReadObject(reader);
}
sr.Close();
}
}
return(ec);
}
