/// <summary> Serializes the given <paramref name="element"/>. Note, if the element is NULL
/// an empty array is returned.</summary>
/// <param name="element">Element to serialize</param>
/// <typeparam name="TObject">Type of element being serialized</typeparam>
/// <returns>Serialized object</returns>
public virtual byte[] Serialize <TObject>(TObject element) where TObject : class
{
if (element == null)
{
return(new byte[0]);
}
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream()) {
using (BinaryWriter binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(memoryStream)) {
// First, we write the full qualified object type
Type objType = element.GetType();
string objTypeStr = objType.AssemblyQualifiedName;
binaryWriter.Write(objTypeStr);
// Then, we serialize the object itself
ISerializor serializor = GetSerializor(_excoSerializer, element);
serializor.WriteToStream(binaryWriter, element);
}
return(memoryStream.ToArray());
}
}
/// <summary> Deserializes an element from the given <paramref name="data"/>. Note, if
/// the given data is NULL or empty, NULL is returned.</summary>
/// <param name="data">Data of the object to deserialize</param>
/// <returns>Deserialized element</returns>
public virtual object Deserialize(byte[] data)
{
if (data == null || data.Length == 0)
{
return(null);
}
object element;
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(data)) {
using (BinaryReader binaryReader = new BinaryReader(memoryStream)) {
// First, we read the full qualified object type and create an object instance
string objTypeStr = binaryReader.ReadString();
Type objType = Type.GetType(objTypeStr, true);
element = objType.NewInstance <object>();
// Then, we deserialize the object itself
ISerializor serializor = GetSerializor(_excoSerializer, element);
serializor.ReadFromStream(binaryReader, element);
}
}
return(element);
}