/// <summary>
/// Copies this configuration and re-instantiates all serializers.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A new <see cref="Configuration"/></returns>
public Configuration Copy() {
var config = new Configuration(false);
config.Format = Format;
foreach (var ps in primitiveSerializers)
config.primitiveSerializers.Add(
ps.Key,
(IPrimitiveSerializer)Activator.CreateInstance(ps.Value.GetType()));
foreach (var cs in compositeSerializers)
config.compositeSerializers.Add((ICompositeSerializer)Activator.CreateInstance(cs.GetType()));
return config;
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes the specified object into a file.
/// Needed assemblies are not included, ZIP compression level is set to 5.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object.</param>
/// <param name="filename">The filename.</param>
/// <param name="config">The configuration.</param>
public new static void Serialize(object obj, string filename, Configuration config) {
try {
string tempfile = Path.GetTempFileName();
DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
using (FileStream stream = File.Create(tempfile)) {
Serialize(obj, stream, config);
}
Logger.Info(String.Format("easy serialization took {0} seconds",
(DateTime.Now - start).TotalSeconds));
File.Copy(tempfile, filename, true);
File.Delete(tempfile);
}
catch (Exception) {
Logger.Warn("Exception caught, no data has been written.");
throw;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes the specified object into a stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="obj">The object.</param>
/// <param name="stream">The stream.</param>
/// <param name="config">The configuration.</param>
public static void Serialize(object obj, Stream stream, Configuration config) {
try {
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream)) {
Serializer serializer = new Serializer(obj, config);
serializer.InterleaveTypeInformation = true;
ReadableXmlGenerator generator = new ReadableXmlGenerator();
foreach (ISerializationToken token in serializer) {
string line = generator.Format(token);
writer.Write(line);
}
writer.Flush();
}
}
catch (PersistenceException) {
throw;
}
catch (Exception e) {
throw new PersistenceException("Unexpected exception during Serialization.", e);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Define a new custom configuration for a ceratin format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="configuration">The new configuration.</param>
public void DefineConfiguration(Configuration configuration)
{
customConfigurations[configuration.Format] = configuration.Copy();
SaveSettings();
}