/// <summary>
/// Serializes an <code>XMPMeta</code>-object as RDF into a string. <em>Note:</em> Encoding
/// is ignored when serializing to a string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="xmp"> a metadata object </param>
/// <param name="options"> Options to control the serialization (see <seealso cref="SerializeOptions"/>). </param>
/// <returns> Returns a string containing the serialized RDF. </returns>
/// <exception cref="XmpException"> on serializsation errors. </exception>
public static string SerializeToString(IXmpMeta xmp, SerializeOptions options)
{
AssertImplementation(xmp);
return(XmpSerializerHelper.SerializeToString((XmpMetaImpl)xmp, options));
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes an <code>XMPMeta</code>-object as RDF into an <code>OutputStream</code>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="xmp"> a metadata object </param>
/// <param name="options"> Options to control the serialization (see <seealso cref="SerializeOptions"/>). </param>
/// <param name="out"> an <code>OutputStream</code> to write the serialized RDF to. </param>
/// <exception cref="XmpException"> on serializsation errors. </exception>
public static void Serialize(IXmpMeta xmp, Stream @out, SerializeOptions options)
{
AssertImplementation(xmp);
XmpSerializerHelper.Serialize((XmpMetaImpl)xmp, @out, options);
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes an <code>XMPMeta</code>-object as RDF into a byte buffer.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="xmp"> a metadata object </param>
/// <param name="options"> Options to control the serialization (see <seealso cref="SerializeOptions"/>). </param>
/// <returns> Returns a byte buffer containing the serialized RDF. </returns>
/// <exception cref="XmpException"> on serializsation errors. </exception>
public static byte[] SerializeToBuffer(IXmpMeta xmp, SerializeOptions options)
{
AssertImplementation(xmp);
return(XmpSerializerHelper.SerializeToBuffer((XmpMetaImpl)xmp, options));
}
/// <summary>Serializes an <c>XMPMeta</c>-object as RDF into an <c>OutputStream</c>.</summary>
/// <param name="xmp">a metadata object</param>
/// <param name="options">Options to control the serialization (see <see cref="SerializeOptions"/>).</param>
/// <param name="stream">an <c>OutputStream</c> to write the serialized RDF to.</param>
/// <exception cref="XmpException">on serialization errors.</exception>
public static void Serialize(IXmpMeta xmp, Stream stream, SerializeOptions options = null)
{
AssertImplementation(xmp);
XmpSerializerHelper.Serialize((XmpMeta)xmp, stream, options);
}
