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Serialize and deserialize test in asp.net web api
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string Serialize<T>(MediaTypeFormatter formatter, T value) | |
{ | |
// Create a dummy HTTP Content. | |
Stream stream = new MemoryStream(); | |
var content = new StreamContent(stream); | |
/// Serialize the object. | |
formatter.WriteToStreamAsync(typeof(T), value, stream, content, null).Wait(); | |
// Read the serialized string. | |
stream.Position = 0; | |
return content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result; | |
} | |
T Deserialize<T>(MediaTypeFormatter formatter, string str) where T : class | |
{ | |
// Write the serialized string to a memory stream. | |
Stream stream = new MemoryStream(); | |
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream); | |
writer.Write(str); | |
writer.Flush(); | |
stream.Position = 0; | |
// Deserialize to an object of type T | |
return formatter.ReadFromStreamAsync(typeof(T), stream, null, null).Result as T; | |
} | |
// Example of use | |
void TestSerialization() | |
{ | |
var value = new Person() { Name = "Alice", Age = 23 }; | |
var xml = new XmlMediaTypeFormatter(); | |
string str = Serialize(xml, value); | |
var json = new JsonMediaTypeFormatter(); | |
str = Serialize(json, value); | |
// Round trip | |
Person person2 = Deserialize<Person>(json, str); | |
} |
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