public void CreateXML(Template template)
{
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument(); //Represents an XML document,
// Initializes a new instance of the XmlDocument class.
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(template.GetType());
// Creates a stream whose backing store is memory.
string XMLString = String.Empty;
using (MemoryStream xmlStream = new MemoryStream())
{
xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlStream, template);
xmlStream.Position = 0;
//Loads the XML document from the specified string.
xmlDoc.Load(xmlStream);
XMLString = xmlDoc.InnerXml;
}
// create an xml file
string templatefilepath = TemplateAbsolutePath + TemplateFileName;
Directory.CreateDirectory(TemplateAbsolutePath);
FileStream stream = File.Open(templatefilepath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
byte[] data = new UTF8Encoding(false).GetBytes(XMLString);
stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
stream.Close();
stream.Dispose();
}
public Template LoadTemplateFromFile(string XMLfile, Template template)
{
XmlSerializer oXmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(template.GetType());
//The StringReader will be the stream holder for the existing XML file
string XMLString = File.ReadAllText(XMLfile);
template = (Template) oXmlSerializer.Deserialize(new StringReader(XMLString));
//initially deserialized, the data is represented by an object without a defined type
return template;
}
