public static Byte[] SerializeToXml(Message msg)
{
var mem = new MemoryStream();
//Set XML settings to not add "Byte Order Mark" (three bytes appended at beginning of byte array)
var xmlSettings = new XmlWriterSettings {
Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false)
};
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(mem, xmlSettings))
{
using (var woxalizer = new WoxalizerUtil())
{
if (msg is RequestMessage)
{
woxalizer.Save((RequestMessage)msg, writer);
}
else if (msg is ResponseMessage)
{
woxalizer.Save((ResponseMessage)msg, writer);
}
else
{
Logger.WriteStr("ERROR in serialization method: cannot determinate message type.");
}
}
}
return(mem.ToArray());
}
public static Message DeserializeFromXml(Byte[] msg)
{
Message message = null;
var mem = new MemoryStream(msg);
var reader = XmlReader.Create(mem);
using (var woxalizer = new WoxalizerUtil())
{
// can throw exception
message = (Message)woxalizer.Load(reader);
}
return(message);
}
public static object LoadFromFile(string filename)
{
object ob = null;
using (var woxalizer = new WoxalizerUtil())
{
try
{
ob = woxalizer.Load(filename);
}
catch (Exception)
{
Logger.WriteStr("DEBUG: Unable to load object from " + filename + "!");
}
}
return(ob);
}
private static readonly object lck = new object(); // for handeling Writes from many threads
public static void SaveToFile(object ob, string filename)
{
lock (lck)
{
using (var woxalizer = new WoxalizerUtil())
{
try
{
woxalizer.Save(ob, filename);
}
catch (Exception)
{
Logger.WriteStr("ERROR: Unable to serialize object to " + filename + "!");
}
}
}
}