Последние несколько часов я потратил на совмещение следующего кода после прочтения того, что кажется устаревшим или не совсем работает.
Если кто-то здесь поможет, это окончательный рабочий код. Бесплатное комментирование, если оно может быть улучшено: -)
public class SerializationHelper<T> {
#region static string SerializeObject( T obj, Encoding encoding )
/// <summary>
/// Serialize an [object] to an Xml String.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Object Type to Serialize</typeparam>
/// <param name="obj">Object Type to Serialize</param>
/// <param name="encoding">System.Text.Encoding Type</param>
/// <returns>Empty.String if Exception, XML string if successful</returns>
/// <example>
/// // UTF-16 Serialize
/// string xml = SerializationHelper<ObjectType>SerializeObject( [object], new UnicodeEncoding( false, false ) );
/// </example>
/// <example>
/// // UTF-8 Serialize
/// string xml = SerializationHelper<ObjectType>SerializeObject( [object], Encoding.UTF8 );
/// </example>
public static string SerializeObject( T obj, Encoding encoding ) {
if ( obj == null ) { return string.Empty; }
try {
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer( typeof( T ) );
using ( MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream() ) {
XmlWriterSettings xmlWriterSettings = new XmlWriterSettings() { Encoding = encoding };
using ( XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create( memoryStream, xmlWriterSettings ) ) {
xmlSerializer.Serialize( writer, obj );
}
return encoding.GetString( memoryStream.ToArray() );
}
}
catch {
return string.Empty;
}
}
#endregion
#region static T DeserializeObject( string xml, Encoding encoding )
/// <summary>
/// Deserialize an Xml String to an [object]
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Object Type to Deserialize</typeparam>
/// <param name="xml">Xml String to Deserialize</param>
/// <param name="encoding">System.Text.Encoding Type</param>
/// <returns>Default if Exception, Deserialize object if successful</returns>
/// <example>
/// // UTF-16 Deserialize
/// [object] = SerializationHelper<ObjectType>DeserializeObject( xml, Encoding.Unicode )
/// </example>
/// <example>
/// // UTF-8 Deserialize
/// [object] = SerializationHelper<ObjectType>DeserializeObject( xml, Encoding.UTF8 )
/// </example>
public static T DeserializeObject( string xml, Encoding encoding ) {
if ( string.IsNullOrEmpty( xml ) ) { return default( T ); }
try {
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer( typeof( T ) );
using ( MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream( encoding.GetBytes( xml ) ) ) {
// No settings need modifying here
XmlReaderSettings xmlReaderSettings = new XmlReaderSettings();
using ( XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create( memoryStream, xmlReaderSettings ) ) {
return (T)xmlSerializer.Deserialize( xmlReader );
}
}
}
catch {
return default( T );
}
}
#endregion
}