/// <summary>
/// Deserializes the XElement to the object of a specified type using options.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">The type of the object to deserialize.</param>
/// <param name="parentElement">The parent XElement used to deserialize the object.</param>
/// <param name="options">Indicates how the output is deserialized.</param>
/// <returns>The deserialized object from the XElement.</returns>
public static object Deserialize(Type type, XElement parentElement, XmlConvertOptions options)
{
var value = parentElement?.Value;
if (value == null)
{
return(null);
} //We might not have an element for a property
var objectType = ObjectType.From(type);
if (objectType == ObjectType.Primitive)
{
return(PrimitiveSerializer.Deserialize(type, parentElement, options));
}
else if (objectType == ObjectType.Dictionary)
{
return(DictionarySerializer.Deserialize(type, parentElement, options));
}
else if (objectType == ObjectType.List)
{
return(ListSerializer.Deserialize(type, parentElement, options));
}
else
{
return(DeserializeObject(type, parentElement, options));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes the specified property into a XElement using options.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The object to serialize.</param>
/// <param name="name">The name of the object to serialize.</param>
/// <param name="parentElement">The element in which to serialize the object.</param>
/// <param name="elementNames">The optional custom name of collection elements.</param>
/// <param name="keyNames">The optional custom name of dictionary key elements.</param>
/// <param name="valueNames">The optional custom name of dictionary value elements.</param>
/// <param name="options">Indicates how the output is formatted or serialized.</param>
/// <returns>The XElement representation of the object.</returns>
public static XElement Serialize(object value, string name, string elementNames, string keyNames, string valueNames, XmlConvertOptions options)
{
XElement element = null;
var objectType = ObjectType.From(value);
if (objectType == ObjectType.Primitive)
{
Debug.Assert(objectType != ObjectType.Other); //For 100% code coverage :/
element = PrimitiveSerializer.Serialize(value, name, options);
}
else if (objectType == ObjectType.Dictionary)
{
if (elementNames == null)
{
elementNames = "Element";
}
if (keyNames == null)
{
keyNames = "Key";
}
if (valueNames == null)
{
valueNames = "Value";
}
element = DictionarySerializer.Serialize(value, name, elementNames, keyNames, valueNames, options);
}
else if (objectType == ObjectType.List)
{
if (elementNames == null)
{
elementNames = "Element";
}
element = ListSerializer.Serialize(value, name, elementNames, options);
}
else
{
element = Serialize(value, name, options); //Recurse
}
return(Utilities.SetupSerializedElement(value, element, options));
}