public virtual object WriteSampleObjectUsingFormatter(MediaTypeFormatter formatter, object value, Type type, MediaTypeHeaderValue mediaType)
{
if (formatter == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("formatter");
}
if (mediaType == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("mediaType");
}
object sample = String.Empty;
MemoryStream ms = null;
HttpContent content = null;
try
{
if (formatter.CanWriteType(type))
{
ms = new MemoryStream();
content = new ObjectContent(type, value, formatter, mediaType);
formatter.WriteToStreamAsync(type, value, ms, content, null).Wait();
ms.Position = 0;
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(ms);
string serializedSampleString = reader.ReadToEnd();
if (mediaType.MediaType.ToUpperInvariant().Contains("XML"))
{
serializedSampleString = TryFormatXml(serializedSampleString);
}
else if (mediaType.MediaType.ToUpperInvariant().Contains("JSON"))
{
serializedSampleString = TryFormatJson(serializedSampleString);
}
sample = new TextSample(serializedSampleString);
}
else
{
sample = new InvalidSample(String.Format(
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
"Failed to generate the sample for media type '{0}'. Cannot use formatter '{1}' to write type '{2}'.",
mediaType,
formatter.GetType().Name,
type.Name));
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
sample = new InvalidSample(String.Format(
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture,
"An exception has occurred while using the formatter '{0}' to generate sample for media type '{1}'. Exception message: {2}",
formatter.GetType().Name,
mediaType.MediaType,
UnwrapException(e).Message));
}
finally
{
if (ms != null)
{
ms.Dispose();
}
if (content != null)
{
content.Dispose();
}
}
return(sample);
}