/// <summary>
/// Factory method that turns XML into an object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="xml">xml source</param>
/// <param name="type">type of destination object</param>
/// <returns>object from xml</returns>
public static SerializableBase Deserialize(String xml, Type type)
{
SerializableBase obj = new SerializableBase();//default
//strip any of the namespaces, because they fubar the deserialization
xml = xml.Replace(" xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2008/01/reportdefinition\"", "")
.Replace(" xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/01/reportdefinition\"", "")
.Replace(" xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2016/01/reportdefinition\"", "")
.Replace(" xmlns:cl=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/01/componentdefinition\"", "")
.Replace("<cl:", "").Replace("</cl:", "")
.Replace(" xmlns:rd=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/SQLServer/reporting/reportdesigner\"", "")
.Replace("<rd:", "").Replace("</rd:", "")
.Replace(" xmlns:df=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2016/01/reportdefinition/defaultfontfamily\"", "")
.Replace("<df:", "").Replace("</df:", "");
//------------------
//now parse the xml
//------------------
//the serializer will convert the XML into a populated instance of an object
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer ser = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(type);
//the serializer needs to read the string from a stream
//so I create a string reader to convert the string into a stream
using (System.IO.StringReader sr = new System.IO.StringReader(xml))
{
//this actually changes the xml into the object
obj = (SerializableBase)ser.Deserialize(sr);
sr.Close();
}
return(obj);
}
//override the constructor, so you don't have to cast it after deserializing it
public new static Report Deserialize(string xml, Type type)
{
Report re;
re = (Report)SerializableBase.Deserialize(xml, type);
//copy the type-names from the ReportParameters to the QueryParameters
re.ResolveParameterTypes();
return(re);
}
