// convert to Byte Array in order to load XML to database
public static byte[] ObjToByteArray(PhoneBook phoneBook)
{
var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(PhoneBook));
var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
// XML header have "utf-8"
// better use Unicode, so it will be "utf-32"
//var xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF32);
var xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8);
xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, phoneBook);
memoryStream = (MemoryStream)xmlTextWriter.BaseStream;
return memoryStream.ToArray();
}
private static void ConvertObjectToXml(PhoneBook phoneBook)
{
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(PhoneBook)); // it's better to use Form.GetType() for generics
// save to file on the hard drive
StreamWriter streamWriter = new StreamWriter("XML/PhoneBookRecreated.xml");
xmlSerializer.Serialize(streamWriter, phoneBook);
// example how to convert to string, instead of file (for debug purposes)
using (StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter())
{
xmlSerializer.Serialize(stringWriter, phoneBook);
string s = stringWriter.ToString();
}
}
private static void PrintPhoneBook(PhoneBook phoneBook)
{
foreach (var person in phoneBook.People)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} , active = {1}", person.Name, person.Active);
foreach (var phone in person.Phones)
Console.Write(" {0}:{1}", phone.Type.ToString(), phone.Number);
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
