/// <summary>
/// Attempts to deserialize an a byte array to an object of a given type.
/// </summary>
public static KnownException TryDeserialize <T>(byte[] dataIn, out T obj)
{
KnownException exception = null;
obj = default(T);
try
{
obj = MyAPIGateway.Utilities.SerializeFromBinary <T>(dataIn);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
exception = new KnownException($"IO Error. Failed to deserialize to {typeof(T).Name}.", e);
}
return(exception);
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to deserialize an Xml string to an object of a given type.
/// </summary>
public static KnownException TryDeserialize <T>(string xmlIn, out T obj)
{
KnownException exception = null;
obj = default(T);
try
{
obj = MyAPIGateway.Utilities.SerializeFromXML <T>(xmlIn);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
exception = new KnownException("IO Error. Unable to interpret XML.", e);
}
return(exception);
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to serialize an object to a byte array.
/// </summary>
public static KnownException TrySerialize <T>(T obj, out byte[] dataOut)
{
KnownException exception = null;
dataOut = null;
try
{
dataOut = MyAPIGateway.Utilities.SerializeToBinary(obj);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
exception = new KnownException($"IO Error. Failed to generate binary from {typeof(T).Name}.", e);
}
return(exception);
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to serialize an object to an Xml string.
/// </summary>
public static KnownException TrySerialize <T>(T obj, out string xmlOut)
{
KnownException exception = null;
xmlOut = null;
try
{
xmlOut = MyAPIGateway.Utilities.SerializeToXML(obj);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
exception = new KnownException("IO Error. Failed to generate XML.", e);
}
return(exception);
}