/// <summary>
/// Convert into XML. Store XML into a file with the specified name.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="dataToSerialize">Any aribitary object</param>
/// <param name="filePath">File storage location with file name</param>
public static void Serialize <T>(this T dataToSerialize, string filePath)
{
if (dataToSerialize == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dataToSerialize));
}
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filePath))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(filePath));
}
var namespaces = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
namespaces.Add(String.Empty, String.Empty);
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(dataToSerialize.GetType());
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings
{
Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false)
};
using (var fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
using (var writer = XmlWriter.Create(fileStream, settings))
using (var customXmlWriter = new CustomXmlWriter(writer)
{
AlwaysWriteFullEndElement = true
})
{
customXmlWriter.WriteDocType("boost_serialization", "", "xGG", "");
serializer.Serialize(customXmlWriter, dataToSerialize, namespaces);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Get the List of T and serialize into XML Memory stream
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="dataToSerialize"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static MemoryStream Serialize <T>(this T dataToSerialize)
{
try
{
if (dataToSerialize == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException();
}
var namespaces = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
namespaces.Add("", "");
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(dataToSerialize.GetType());
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings
{
Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false)
};
var memstream = new MemoryStream();
var writer = XmlWriter.Create(memstream, settings);
using (var customXmlWriter = new CustomXmlWriter(writer)
{
AlwaysWriteFullEndElement = true
})
{
customXmlWriter.WriteDocType("boost_serialization", "", "xGG", "");
serializer.Serialize(customXmlWriter, dataToSerialize, namespaces);
}
return(memstream);
}
catch
{
throw;
}
}
