/// <include file='doc\LOSFormatter.uex' path='docs/doc[@for="LosFormatter.Deserialize2"]/*' />
/// <devdoc>
/// <para>Deserializes a LOS formatted object from a string.</para>
/// </devdoc>
public object Deserialize(string input)
{
#if NO_BASE64
char[] data = input.ToCharArray();
#else
byte[] dataBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(input);
int dataLength = -1;
if (EnableViewStateMac)
{
try {
dataBytes = MachineKey.GetDecodedData(dataBytes, _macKey, 0, dataBytes.Length, ref dataLength);
}
catch {
throw new HttpException(HttpRuntime.FormatResourceString(SR.Invalid_Viewstate));
}
}
if (dataLength == -1)
{
dataLength = dataBytes.Length;
}
char[] data = EncodingInstance.GetChars(dataBytes, 0, dataLength);
#endif
// clear or allocate name and type tables.
//
if (_deserializedTypeTable == null)
{
_deserializedTypeTable = new ArrayList();
_deserializedConverterTable = new ListDictionary();
}
else
{
_deserializedTypeTable.Clear();
_deserializedConverterTable.Clear();
}
_builder = (char[])_charBufferAllocator.GetBuffer();
_recyclable = true;
// DeserializeValueInternal is recursive, so we just kick this off
// starting at 0
_current = 0;
_deserializationData = data;
object ret = DeserializeValueInternal();
if (_recyclable)
{
_charBufferAllocator.ReuseBuffer(_builder);
}
return(ret);
}