static public XmlNode PersistObject(object src, XmlNode parent, string elementName)
{
IPersistAsXml obj = src as IPersistAsXml;
XmlNode node = parent.OwnerDocument.CreateElement(elementName);
parent.AppendChild(node);
AddAssemblyClassInfoTo(node, obj);
if (obj != null)
{
obj.PersistAsXml(node);
}
return(node);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a string representation of the supplied object, an XML string
/// containing the required assemblyPath and class attributes needed to create an
/// instance using CreateObject, plus whatever gets added to the node by passsing
/// it to the PersistAsXml method of the object. The root element name is supplied
/// as the elementName argument.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj"></param>
/// <param name="elementName"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
static public string PersistObject(object src, string elementName)
{
if (src == null)
{
return(null);
}
IPersistAsXml obj = src as IPersistAsXml;
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml("<" + elementName + "/>");
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
AddAssemblyClassInfoTo(root, src);
if (obj != null)
{
obj.PersistAsXml(root);
}
return(root.OuterXml);
}