/// <summary>
/// Serializes an AlarmRecord object to XML document
/// </summary>
/// <param name="properties">AlarmRecordDictionary object to serialize</param>
/// <seealso cref="IDictionary<string, AlarmRecord>">
/// <returns> Task return type </returns>
public Task SerializeAlarmRecordAsync(IDictionary <string, AlarmRecord> properties)
{
//properties = new Dictionary<string, object>(properties);
// Serialize property dictionary to local storage
// Make sure to use Internal
return(Task.Run(() =>
{
Stream alarmFileStream = null;
var fileOpener = new FileOpener();
try
{
alarmFileStream = fileOpener.OpenFile(AlarmRecordStoreFile, System.IO.FileMode.Create);
using (XmlDictionaryWriter alarmWriter = XmlDictionaryWriter.CreateBinaryWriter(alarmFileStream))
{
var dataContractSerializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Dictionary <string, AlarmRecord>));
dataContractSerializer.WriteObject(alarmWriter, properties);
alarmFileStream = null;
alarmWriter.Flush();
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.WriteLine("[Alarm serialization error] " + e.Message);
}
finally
{
if (alarmFileStream != null)
{
alarmFileStream.Dispose();
}
}
return;
}));
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes an AlarmRecord object from XML document
/// </summary>
/// <returns> a collection of <string, AlarmRecord></string> </returns>
public IDictionary <string, AlarmRecord> DeserializeAlarmRecord()
{
Stream alarmFileStream = null;
var fileOpener = new FileOpener();
alarmFileStream = fileOpener.OpenFile(AlarmRecordStoreFile, System.IO.FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
if (alarmFileStream.Length == 0)
{
return(null);
}
using (XmlDictionaryReader alarmReader = XmlDictionaryReader.CreateBinaryReader(alarmFileStream, XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas.Max))
{
var dataContractSerializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Dictionary <string, AlarmRecord>));
Object ret1 = dataContractSerializer.ReadObject(alarmReader);
alarmFileStream = null;
return((IDictionary <string, AlarmRecord>)ret1);
}
}