/// <summary>
/// Load an object from an XML file that is in the specified format.
/// <newpara></newpara>
/// <example>
/// The following example loads serialized data (XML Document format) into a 'Test' class object,
/// from the XML file 'Objects as XML.xml':
/// <newpara></newpara>
/// <code>
/// Test test = new Test(); //Must use new to create the object - cannot set to null.
/// ObjectXMLSerializer objectXMLSerializer = new ObjectXMLSerializer();
/// test = (Test) objectXMLSerializer.Load(test, "Objects as XML.xml", SerializedFormatType.Document);
/// </code>
/// </example>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ObjectToLoad">Object to be loaded.</param>
/// <param name="XMLFilePathName">File Path name of the XML file containing object(s) serialized to XML.</param>
/// <param name="SerializedFormat">XML serialized format to load the object from.</param>
/// <returns>Returns an Object loaded from the XML file. If the Object could not be loaded returns null.</returns>
public virtual Object Load(Object ObjectToLoad, string XMLFilePathName, SerializedFormatType SerializedFormat)
{
switch (SerializedFormat)
{
case SerializedFormatType.Binary:
ObjectToLoad = this.LoadFromBinaryFormat(ObjectToLoad, XMLFilePathName, null);
break;
case SerializedFormatType.Document:
default:
ObjectToLoad = this.LoadFromDocumentFormat(ObjectToLoad, XMLFilePathName, null);
break;
}
return(ObjectToLoad);
}
/// <summary>
/// Save an object to an XML file that is in the specified format.
/// <newpara></newpara>
/// <example>
/// The following example saves a 'Test' class object (XML Document format) to the XML
/// file 'Objects as XML.xml':
/// <newpara></newpara>
/// <code>
/// Test objTest = new Test(); //Must use new to create the object - cannot set to null.
/// ObjectXMLSerializer objObjectXMLSerializer = new ObjectXMLSerializer();
/// bool success = objObjectXMLSerializer.Save(objTest, "Objects as XML.xml", SerializedFormatType.Document);
/// </code>
/// </example>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ObjectToSave">Object to be saved.</param>
/// <param name="XMLFilePathName">File Path name of the XML file to contain the object serialized to XML.</param>
/// <param name="SerializedFormat">XML serialized format to load the object from.</param>
/// <returns>Returns success of the object save.</returns>
public virtual bool Save(Object ObjectToSave, string XMLFilePathName, SerializedFormatType SerializedFormat)
{
bool success = false;
switch (SerializedFormat)
{
case SerializedFormatType.Binary:
success = this.SaveToBinaryFormat(ObjectToSave, XMLFilePathName, null);
break;
case SerializedFormatType.Document:
default:
success = this.SaveToDocumentFormat(ObjectToSave, XMLFilePathName, null);
break;
}
return(success);
}