/// <summary>
/// Serialize an object to XML.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object to serialize</param>
/// <returns>The xml serialization</returns>
/// <exception cref="Safir.Dob.Typesystem.IllegalValueException">There is something wrong with the object.</exception>
public static string ToXml(Dob.Typesystem.Object obj)
{
System.Int32 blobSize = obj.CalculateBlobSize();
System.IntPtr blob = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(blobSize);
System.IntPtr beginningOfUnused;
Internal.Kernel.DotsC_FormatBlob(blob, blobSize, obj.GetTypeId(), out beginningOfUnused);
obj.WriteToBlob(blob, ref beginningOfUnused);
int BUF_SIZE = 100000;
IntPtr buf = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(BUF_SIZE);
System.Int32 resultSize = 0;
Internal.Kernel.DotsC_BetterBlobToXml(buf, blob, BUF_SIZE, out resultSize);
if (resultSize > BUF_SIZE)
{
BUF_SIZE = resultSize;
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buf);
buf = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(BUF_SIZE);
Internal.Kernel.DotsC_BetterBlobToXml(buf, blob, BUF_SIZE, out resultSize);
if (resultSize != BUF_SIZE)
{
throw new SoftwareViolationException("Error in serialization buffer sizes!!!");
}
}
string str = Internal.InternalOperations.StringOf(buf, resultSize - 1); //remove null
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buf);
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(blob);
return(str);
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialize an object to binary form.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object to serialize.</param>
/// <returns>Object in binary form.</returns>
/// <exception cref="Safir.Dob.Typesystem.IllegalValueException">There is something wrong with the object.</exception>
public static byte[] ToBinary(Dob.Typesystem.Object obj)
{
System.Int32 blobSize = obj.CalculateBlobSize();
if (blobSize == 0)
{
return(new byte[0]);
}
System.IntPtr blob = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(blobSize);
System.IntPtr beginningOfUnused;
Internal.Kernel.DotsC_FormatBlob(blob, blobSize, obj.GetTypeId(), out beginningOfUnused);
obj.WriteToBlob(blob, ref beginningOfUnused);
byte[] result = new byte[blobSize];
Marshal.Copy(blob, result, 0, blobSize);
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(blob);
return(result);
}