/// <summary>
/// Loads the specified <see cref="IXmlReadable"/> object from an xml stream
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">Object to serialize from xml</param>
/// <param name="stream">Stream to load from</param>
public static void LoadXml(this IXmlReadable obj, Stream stream)
{
var doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(stream);
obj.ReadXml(doc.DocumentElement);
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads the specified <see cref="IXmlReadable"/> object from an xml file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">Object to serialize from xml</param>
/// <param name="fileName">File to load from</param>
public static void LoadXml(this IXmlReadable obj, string fileName)
{
using (var fileStream = File.OpenRead(fileName))
{
LoadXml(obj, fileStream);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Saves the specified <see cref="IXmlReadable"/> object to an xml stream
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">Object to serialize to xml</param>
/// <param name="stream">Stream to save as</param>
/// <param name="documentElementName">Document element name</param>
public static void SaveXml(this IXmlReadable obj, Stream stream, string documentElementName = "object")
{
var doc = new XmlDocument();
var topNode = doc.CreateElement(documentElementName);
obj.WriteXml(topNode);
doc.AppendChild(topNode);
doc.Save(stream);
}
/// <summary>
/// Saves the specified <see cref="IXmlReadable"/> object to an xml file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">Object to serialize to xml</param>
/// <param name="fileName">File to save as</param>
/// <param name="documentElementName">Document element name</param>
public static void SaveXml(this IXmlReadable obj, string fileName, string documentElementName = "object")
{
using (var stream = new MemoryStream()) {
SaveXml(obj, stream, documentElementName);
stream.Position = 0;
using (var fileStream = File.Create(fileName)) {
stream.WriteTo(fileStream);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Saves the specified <see cref="IXmlReadable"/> object to an xml file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">Object to serialize to xml</param>
/// <param name="fileName">File to save as</param>
/// <param name="documentElementName">Document element name</param>
public static void SaveXml(this IXmlReadable obj, string fileName, string documentElementName = "object")
{
using (var fileStream = File.Create(fileName)) {
SaveXml(obj, fileStream, documentElementName);
}
}
