/// <summary>
/// Serialize the <see cref="EdmModel" /> to the XmlWriter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="model">
/// The EdmModel to serialize, mut have only one <see cref="EdmNamespace" /> and one
/// <see
/// cref="Core.Metadata.Edm.EntityContainer" />
/// </param>
/// <param name="xmlWriter"> The XmlWriter to serialize to </param>
public bool Serialize(EdmModel model, XmlWriter xmlWriter)
{
Check.NotNull(model, "model");
Check.NotNull(xmlWriter, "xmlWriter");
if (model.Namespaces.Count != 1 ||
model.Containers.Count != 1)
{
Validator_OnError(
this,
new DataModelErrorEventArgs
{
ErrorMessage = Strings.Serializer_OneNamespaceAndOneContainer,
});
}
// validate the model first
var validator = new DataModelValidator();
validator.OnError += Validator_OnError;
validator.Validate(model, true);
if (_isModelValid)
{
var visitor = new EdmSerializationVisitor(xmlWriter, model.Version);
visitor.Visit(model);
}
return(_isModelValid);
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialize the <see cref="EdmModel" /> to the <see cref="XmlWriter" />
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dbDatabase"> The EdmModel to serialize </param>
/// <param name="provider"> Provider information on the Schema element </param>
/// <param name="providerManifestToken"> ProviderManifestToken information on the Schema element </param>
/// <param name="xmlWriter"> The XmlWriter to serialize to </param>
/// <returns> </returns>
public virtual bool Serialize(
EdmModel dbDatabase, string provider, string providerManifestToken, XmlWriter xmlWriter)
{
Check.NotNull(dbDatabase, "dbDatabase");
Check.NotNull(xmlWriter, "xmlWriter");
var visitor = new EdmSerializationVisitor(xmlWriter, dbDatabase.Version, serializeDefaultNullability: true);
visitor.Visit(dbDatabase, provider, providerManifestToken);
return(true);
}
