/// <summary>Get the serialized representation of the request body.</summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The request body type.</typeparam>
/// <param name="content">The request body content.</param>
/// <param name="request">The HTTP request to handle.</param>
/// <param name="formatter">The media type formatter which will serialize the request body.</param>
protected string GetSerialized <T>(T content, HttpRequestMessage request, MediaTypeFormatterBase formatter)
{
using MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
using StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
formatter.Serialize(typeof(string), content, stream, request.Content, this.NullTransportContext);
stream.Position = 0;
return(reader.ReadToEnd());
}
/// <summary>Get the serialized representation of the request body.</summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The request body type.</typeparam>
/// <param name="content">The request body content.</param>
/// <param name="request">The HTTP request to handle.</param>
/// <param name="formatter">The media type formatter which will serialize the request body.</param>
protected string GetSerialized <T>(T content, HttpRequestMessage request, MediaTypeFormatterBase formatter)
{
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
formatter.Serialize(typeof(string), content, stream, request.Content, null);
stream.Position = 0;
return(reader.ReadToEnd());
}
}
/// <summary>Get the serialized representation of the request body.</summary>
/// <param name="type">The request body type.</param>
/// <param name="content">The request body content.</param>
/// <param name="request">The HTTP request to handle.</param>
/// <param name="formatter">The media type formatter which will serialize the request body.</param>
protected object GetDeserialized(Type type, string content, HttpRequestMessage request, MediaTypeFormatterBase formatter)
{
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream))
{
// write content
writer.Write(content);
writer.Flush();
stream.Position = 0;
// deserialize
return(formatter.Deserialize(type, stream, request.Content, null));
}
}
