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Xml Serialization Manager
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace SPAdvancedSearch.Utility
{
/// <summary>
/// Defines a class for helping with serializing and deserializing objects.
/// </summary>
public class SerializationManager
{
#region Methods
public static string DehydrateObject(object objectToSerialize)
{
return DehydrateObject(objectToSerialize, null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the string representation of a serializable object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objectToSerialze"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string DehydrateObject(object objectToSerialize, Type[] additionalTypes)
{
MemoryStream stm = new MemoryStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stm);
string xml = string.Empty;
try
{
SerializationManager.PersistObject(objectToSerialize, stm, additionalTypes);
stm.Position = 0;
xml = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("Error returning the xml representation of {0}. -- {1}", objectToSerialize.GetType().ToString(), e.Message + ", " + e.StackTrace), e);
}
finally
{
reader.Close();
stm.Close();
}
return xml;
}
public static object HydrateObjectFromXml(Type type, string xml)
{
return HydrateObjectFromXml(type, xml, null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Hydrates an object from an XML string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type"></param>
/// <param name="xml"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static object HydrateObjectFromXml(Type type, string xml, Type[] additionalTypes)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(xml))
{
MemoryStream stm = new MemoryStream();
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stm);
try
{
writer.AutoFlush = true;
writer.Write(xml);
return HydratePersistedObject(type, stm, additionalTypes);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new ApplicationException("The XML could not be loaded.", e);
}
finally
{
writer.Close();
stm.Close();
}
}
return null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Hydrates a serialized object from a <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type"></param>
/// <param name="stm"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static object HydratePersistedObject(Type type, MemoryStream stm, Type[] additionalTypes)
{
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = null;
if (additionalTypes == null)
{
xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
}
else
{
xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(type, additionalTypes);
}
try
{
stm.Position = 0;
return xmlSerializer.Deserialize(stm);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new ApplicationException("Error deserializing the object.", e);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes an object to a <see cref="MemoryStream"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objectToSerialze"></param>
/// <param name="stm"></param>
private static void PersistObject(object objectToSerialize, MemoryStream stm, Type[] additionalTypes)
{
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = null;
if (additionalTypes == null)
{
xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(objectToSerialize.GetType());
}
else
{
xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(objectToSerialize.GetType(), additionalTypes);
}
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stm);
try
{
writer.AutoFlush = true;
xmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, objectToSerialize);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new ApplicationException("Error persisting the object.", e);
}
}
#endregion
}
}
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