/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="obj"></param>
/// <param name="pathSpec"></param>
/// <param name="serializationFormatterEnum"></param>
public static void SerializeToFile <T>(T obj, string pathSpec, SerializationFormatterEnum serializationFormatterEnum)
{
try
{
switch (serializationFormatterEnum)
{
case (SerializationFormatterEnum.Binary):
/*
* using (FileStream fs = File.Open("MyFile.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.None))
* {
* // use fs
* }
*/
using (var fs = new FileStream(pathSpec, FileMode.Create,
FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Write))
(new BinaryFormatter()).Serialize(fs, obj);
break;
case (SerializationFormatterEnum.Xml):
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
TextWriter textWriter = new StreamWriter(pathSpec);
serializer.Serialize(textWriter, obj);
textWriter.Close();
break;
default:
throw new Exception("Invalid Formatter option");
}
}
catch (SerializationException sX)
{
var errMsg = $"Unable to serialize {obj} into file {pathSpec}";
throw new Exception(errMsg, sX);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
var errMsg = $"Unable to serialize {obj} into file {pathSpec}. Detail: {ex.Message}";
throw new Exception(errMsg, ex);
}
}
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="pathSpec"></param>
/// <param name="serializationFormatterEnum"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T DeserializeFromFile <T>(string pathSpec, SerializationFormatterEnum serializationFormatterEnum) where T : class
{
try
{
switch (serializationFormatterEnum)
{
case (SerializationFormatterEnum.Binary):
using (var strm = new FileStream(pathSpec,
FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
IFormatter fmt = new BinaryFormatter();
var o = fmt.Deserialize(strm);
if (!(o is T))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Bad Data File");
}
return(o as T);
}
case (SerializationFormatterEnum.Xml):
TextReader rdr = new StreamReader(pathSpec);
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
var obj = (T)serializer.Deserialize(rdr);
rdr.Close();
return(obj);
default:
throw new Exception("Invalid Formatter option");
}
}
catch (SerializationException sX)
{
var errMsg = $"Unable to deserialize {typeof (T)} from file {pathSpec}";
throw new Exception(errMsg, sX);
}
}
