public HttpResponseMessage GetJsonXmlTranslation()
{
//get content as string so we can inspect and convert it
HttpPostedFile file = HttpContext.Current.Request.Files[0];
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(file.InputStream);
string rawContent = reader.ReadToEnd();
//easy call for conversion!
IFormattedContent convertedContent = _converter.Convert(rawContent);
//now build a new response and send back the converted content
HttpResponseMessage result = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
result.Content = new StreamContent(getStream(convertedContent.Content));
//label the response content type appropriately depending on the convertedContent
switch (convertedContent.FileType)
{
case FileType.Json:
result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");
break;
case FileType.Xml:
result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/xml");
break;
default: //uh oh, reassign result to error
result = Request.CreateErrorResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, "Unknown file type.");
result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");
break;
}
return(result);
}
public IFormattedContent Convert(string s)
{
IFormattedContent content = FormattedContent.CreateFormattedContent(s);
IFormattedContent convertedContent;
if (content.FileType == FileType.Json)
{
convertedContent = content.ToXmlContent();
}
else if (content.FileType == FileType.Xml)
{
convertedContent = content.ToJsonContent();
}
else
{
convertedContent = content; //content is already unknown, so nothing to convert, just use the same object
}
return(convertedContent);
}
