/// <summary>
/// Serialize the object.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">the Root type used for serialization</typeparam>
public static string SerializeEx <T>(this T obj)
{
Type[] t = SerializableExtraTypes.GetTypes(typeof(T)).ToArray();
var x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T), t);
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
x.Serialize(sw, obj);
return(sw.ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialize the object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="root">the Root type used for serialization</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string SerializeEx <T>(this T obj, params Type[] root)
{
Type[] t = (from y in root
select SerializableExtraTypes.GetTypes(y))
.Flatten()
.Union(SerializableExtraTypes.GetTypes(typeof(T)))
.Distinct()
.ToArray();
var x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T), t);
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
x.Serialize(sw, obj);
return(sw.ToString());
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialize the object to the given type.
/// </summary>
public static T DeserializeEx <T>(this string xml)
{
Type[] t = SerializableExtraTypes.GetTypes(typeof(T)).ToArray();
var x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T), t);
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xml);
var r = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xml));
if (!x.CanDeserialize(r))
{
throw new FormatException(string.Format("Unable to deserialize string into {0}, root node does not match.", typeof(T).FullName));
}
return((T)x.Deserialize(r));
}
