public static XElement Serialize(this object source)
{
//Create our own namespaces for the output
XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
//Add an empty namespace and empty value
ns.Add("", "");
//try
//{
var serializer = XmlSerializerFactory.GetSerializerFor(source.GetType());
var xdoc = new XDocument();
using (var writer = xdoc.CreateWriter())
{
serializer.Serialize(writer, source, ns); //, new XmlSerializerNamespaces(new[] { new XmlQualifiedName("", "") }));
}
return((xdoc.Document != null) ? xdoc.Document.Root : new XElement("Error", "Document Missing"));
//}
//catch (Exception x)
//{
// return new XElement("Error", x.ToString());
//}
}
public static T Deserialize <T>(this XElement source) where T : class
{
try
{
var serializer = XmlSerializerFactory.GetSerializerFor(typeof(T));
return((T)serializer.Deserialize(source.CreateReader()));
}
catch (Exception x)
{
MessageBox.Show(x.Message + " " + x.InnerException.Message);
return(null);
}
}