private static void SerializeEnum(object instance, XmlWriter xmlWriter, FieldInfo fieldInfo)
{
// TODO: desktop .NET serializes enums with their .ToString() value ("Two") in the case below
// NETMF does not have the ability to parse an enum and only serializes the base value (1) in the case below
}
//
// Summary:
// Creates a new System.Xml.XmlWriter instance using the specified stream.
//
// Parameters:
// output:
// The stream to which you want to write. The System.Xml.XmlWriter writes XML
// 1.0 text syntax and appends it to the specified stream.
//
// Returns:
// An System.Xml.XmlWriter object.
//
// Exceptions:
// System.ArgumentNullException:
// The stream value is null.
public static XmlWriter Create(Stream output)
{
if (output == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("output", "stream must not be null");
XmlWriter writer = new XmlWriter(output);
return writer;
}
private static void SerializeArray(object instance, XmlWriter xmlWriter, FieldInfo fieldInfo)
{
object array = fieldInfo.GetValue(instance);
string typeName = array.GetType().GetElementType().Name;
switch (typeName)
{
case "Boolean":
typeName = "boolean";
break;
case "Byte":
// TODO: this is not an array but a base64 encoded string but have not figured out how to decode it
//xmlWriter.WriteElementString(fieldInfo.Name, Convert.ToBase64String((byte[])array));
return;
case "SByte":
typeName = "byte";
break;
case "Char":
typeName = "char";
break;
case "DateTime":
typeName = "dateTime";
break;
case "Double":
typeName = "double";
break;
case "Guid":
typeName = "guid";
break;
case "Int16":
typeName = "short";
break;
case "UInt16":
typeName = "unsignedShort";
break;
case "Int32":
typeName = "int";
break;
case "UInt32":
typeName = "unsignedInt";
break;
case "Int64":
typeName = "long";
break;
case "UInt64":
typeName = "unsignedLong";
break;
case "Single":
typeName = "float";
break;
case "String":
typeName = "string";
break;
}
xmlWriter.WriteStartElement(fieldInfo.Name);
foreach (var item in (IEnumerable)array)
{
switch (typeName)
{
case "boolean":
// these need to be lowercase
xmlWriter.WriteElementString(typeName, item.ToString().ToLower());
break;
case "char":
xmlWriter.WriteElementString(typeName, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(item.ToString())[0].ToString());
break;
case "dateTime":
xmlWriter.WriteElementString(typeName, ((DateTime)item).ToString("s"));
break;
default:
xmlWriter.WriteElementString(typeName, item.ToString());
break;
}
}
xmlWriter.WriteEndElement();
}
