/// <summary>
/// Serializes a dictionary by converting it to two lists
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TKey"></typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TValue"></typeparam>
/// <param name="dict"></param>
/// <param name="stream">An opened stream. The stream must also be manually closed</param>
public static void Serialize <TKey, TValue>(this Dictionary <TKey, TValue> dict, ref StreamWriter stream)
{
SerializeDictObject <TKey, TValue> serializeObject = new SerializeDictObject <TKey, TValue>();
foreach (KeyValuePair <TKey, TValue> kvp in dict)
{
serializeObject.Keys.Add(kvp.Key);
serializeObject.Values.Add(kvp.Value);
}
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(serializeObject.GetType());
serializer.Serialize(stream, serializeObject);
}
/// <summary>
/// DeSerializes a dictionary by converting it to two lists
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TKey"></typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TValue"></typeparam>
/// <param name="dict"></param>
/// <param name="stream">An opened stream. The stream must also be manually closed</param>
/// <returns>The deserialized dictionary</returns>
public static Dictionary <TKey, TValue> DeSerialize <TKey, TValue>(this Dictionary <TKey, TValue> dict, ref StreamReader stream)
{
SerializeDictObject <TKey, TValue> serializeObject = new SerializeDictObject <TKey, TValue>();
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(serializeObject.GetType());
Dictionary <TKey, TValue> result = new Dictionary <TKey, TValue>();
serializeObject = (SerializeDictObject <TKey, TValue>)serializer.Deserialize(stream);
for (int i = 0; i < serializeObject.Keys.Count; i++)
{
result.Add(serializeObject.Keys[i], serializeObject.Values[i]);
}
return(result);
}
