public void SerializeToXML_GeneratesXMLString()
{
//Arrange
bool actualResult = false;
bool expectedResult = true;
PrivateType pt = new PrivateType(typeof(Program));
RUBIObjectCollection collection = (RUBIObjectCollection)pt.InvokeStatic("DummyData", null);
//Act
string serializedXml = collection.SerializeToXML();
try
{
System.Xml.Linq.XDocument doc = System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Parse(serializedXml);
actualResult = true;
}
catch
{
actualResult = false;
}
//Assert
Assert.AreEqual(actualResult, expectedResult);
}
public static string SerializeToXML(this RUBIObjectCollection source)
{
//Create a string writer in order to output to console as opposed to file
using (var sw = new StringWriter())
{
//Settings to configure the way the XML will be output to the console. Really, only Indent = true; is needed.
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.NewLineChars = Environment.NewLine;
settings.IndentChars = " ";
settings.NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.Replace;
settings.Indent = true;
//Create writer that writes the xml to the string writer object
using (var xw = XmlWriter.Create(sw, settings))
{
//Create serializer that can serialize a collection of RUBIObjects
XmlSerializer serializer =
new XmlSerializer(typeof(RUBIObjectCollection));
//Serialize this instance of a RUBICollection object, into XML and write to the string writer output
serializer.Serialize(xw, source);
//Flush the xmlwriter stream as it isn't needed any longer
xw.Flush();
}
//Return the XML as a formatted string
return(sw.ToString());
}
}
public void DummyData_TestDataCreated()
{
//Arrange
PrivateType pt = new PrivateType(typeof(Program));
//Act
RUBIObjectCollection collection = (RUBIObjectCollection)pt.InvokeStatic("DummyData", null);
int actualResult = collection.Objects.Count;
int expectedResult = 10;
//Assert
Assert.AreEqual(actualResult, expectedResult);
}
public static RUBIObjectCollection DeserializeToCollection(this string source)
{
RUBIObjectCollection collection = null;
XmlSerializer serializer = null;
//Read the XML string into a stream.
using (var sr = new StringReader(source))
{
//Instantiate an XML Serializer to expect a collection of RUBI Objects
serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(RUBIObjectCollection));
//Deserialize the XML stream to a collection
collection = (RUBIObjectCollection)serializer.Deserialize(sr);
}
return(collection);
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates dummy data for testing purposes
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A collection of RUBIObjects</returns>
private static RUBIObjectCollection DummyData()
{
Random random = new Random();
var collection = new RUBIObjectCollection();
//Build a collection of RUBIObjects and instantiate them with semi-random data.
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
int month = random.Next(1, 12); //Random month as an integer
int year = random.Next(2010, 2015); //Random year as an integer
//Create object and add to collection.
collection.Objects.Add(new RUBIObject()
{
ID = Guid.NewGuid(),
Name = string.Format("Object{0}", i),
Description = "Description",
CreatedOn = new DateTime(year, month, 1)
});
}
return(collection);
}