public string Serialize <T> (T obj, bool readableOutput = false) where T : class, new()
{
try
{
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(obj.GetType(), ExtraTypes.ToArray());
using (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter())
{
XmlWriterSettings settings = (readableOutput ? settingsForReadableOutput : settingsForCompactOutput);
using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(writer, settings))
{
xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, obj);
string xml = writer.ToString();
//DebugLog.Info("To XML: " + xml);
return(xml);
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
DebugLog.Error("Unable to serialize {0}. XML serialize error: {1}",
typeof(T).Name,
DebugLog.GetNestedMessages(e));
throw new Exception("Unable to serialize to XML: " + DebugLog.SafeName(obj), e);
}
}
public T Deserialize <T>(string xml) where T : class, new()
{
try
{
//DebugLog.Info("From XML: " + xml);
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(xml))
{
T obj = (T)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
return(obj);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
DebugLog.Error("Unable to deserialize {0}. XML deserialize error: {1}\n{2}",
typeof(T).Name,
DebugLog.GetNestedMessages(e),
xml);
throw new Exception("Unable to deserialize from XML: " + typeof(T).GetType().Name, e);
}
}
