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Serialization Utilities
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Compression;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace SerializationUtilities
{
public enum SerializationType
{
XML,
Binary
}
public enum CompressionType
{
GZip,
SevenZip,
None
}
public class Utilities<T>
{
public Utilities() { }
public Stream XMLSerializeData(T serializeObject)
{
//XML Serializer
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
//Memory stream to hold serialized XML
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
//Serialize XML to memory stream
xs.Serialize(ms, serializeObject);
//Reset Memory Stream Position
ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
return ms;
}
public T XMLDeSerializer(Stream deserializeStream)
{
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
T deserializedObject = (T)xs.Deserialize(deserializeStream);
return deserializedObject;
}
public Stream BinarySerializeData(T serializeObject)
{
//Create Binary Formatter
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
//Memory stream to store outputed serialized data
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
//Serialize object
bf.Serialize(ms, serializeObject);
//Set stream position to beginning
ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
//Return memory stream
return ms;
}
public T BinaryDeSerialize(Stream deserealizeStream)
{
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
T deserializedObject = (T)bf.Deserialize(deserealizeStream);
return deserializedObject;
}
public void GZipCompressStream(Stream InStream, Stream OutStream)
{
//Copy Contents of Memory Stream into Byte Array
byte[] zipbuffer = new byte[InStream.Length];
InStream.Read(zipbuffer, 0, zipbuffer.Length);
//Prepare To Compress Serialized XML
GZipStream compressedzipStream = new GZipStream(OutStream, CompressionMode.Compress, true);
//Compress and write to file
compressedzipStream.Write(zipbuffer, 0, zipbuffer.Length);
compressedzipStream.Close();
}
public void GZipDeCompressStream(Stream InStream, Stream OutStream)
{
//Decompresser
GZipStream gzDecompressed = new GZipStream(InStream, CompressionMode.Decompress, true);
//Retrieve the size of the decompressed file from the compressed footer
byte[] bufferWrite = new byte[4];
InStream.Position = (int)InStream.Length - 4;
InStream.Read(bufferWrite, 0, 4);
InStream.Position = 0;
//Convert to int for using in declaring our Byte[] size
int bufferLength = BitConverter.ToInt32(bufferWrite, 0);
//1MB Buffer
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024 * 1024];
while (true)
{
int bytesRead = gzDecompressed.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
// If we reached the end of the data
if (bytesRead == 0) break;
OutStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
}
// Close the streams
InStream.Close();
gzDecompressed.Close();
OutStream.Position = 0;
}
public void WriteStreamToFileStream(Stream SerializedData, Stream FileStream)
{
//Byte array to store stream data
byte[] serialized = new byte[SerializedData.Length];
//Write data to byte array
SerializedData.Read(serialized, 0, serialized.Length);
//Write to data to file stream
FileStream.Write(serialized, 0, serialized.Length);
//Close streams
SerializedData.Close();
FileStream.Close();
}
public void WriteObjectToFile(T writeObject, string FilePath, SerializationType SType, CompressionType CType)
{
WriteObjectToFile(writeObject, File.Open(FilePath, FileMode.Create), SType, CType);
}
public void WriteObjectToFile(T writeObject, Stream FileStream, SerializationType SType, CompressionType CType)
{
Stream serialized = Stream.Null;
//Serialize data
switch (SType)
{
case SerializationType.XML:
serialized = XMLSerializeData(writeObject);
break;
case SerializationType.Binary:
serialized = BinarySerializeData(writeObject);
break;
}
//Compress and write to filestream
switch (CType)
{
case CompressionType.GZip:
GZipCompressStream(serialized, FileStream);
break;
case CompressionType.None:
//No compression, so write stream straight to file
WriteStreamToFileStream(serialized, FileStream);
break;
}
}
public T ReadObjectFromFile(string FilePath, SerializationType SType, CompressionType CType)
{
return ReadObjectFromFile(File.Open(FilePath, FileMode.Open), SType, CType);
}
public T ReadObjectFromFile(Stream FileStream, SerializationType SType, CompressionType CType)
{
//To hold unzipped data
MemoryStream unzipped = new MemoryStream();
//Decompress file
switch (CType)
{
case CompressionType.GZip:
GZipDeCompressStream(FileStream, unzipped);
break;
}
//Unserialize data
T UnSerializedData = default(T);
switch (SType)
{
case SerializationType.XML:
UnSerializedData = XMLDeSerializer(unzipped);
break;
case SerializationType.Binary:
UnSerializedData = BinaryDeSerialize(unzipped);
break;
}
//Close the FileStream
FileStream.Close();
return UnSerializedData;
}
}
}
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