//Source code from the Code Associate C# code library, Full documentation and latest updates can be found
//@ http://www.codeassociate.com/caapi/
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;

namespace CA.Common.xml
{
    public static class DataContractSerialisation
    {
        public static string SerialiseObject(object obj)
        {
            return SerialiseObject(obj, null);
        }

        public static string SerialiseObject(object obj, List<Type> knownTypes)
        {
            DataContractSerializer ser = new DataContractSerializer(obj.GetType(), knownTypes);
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            StringWriter writer1 = new StringWriter(sb);
            XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(writer1);
            ser.WriteObject(writer, obj);
            return (sb.ToString());
        }


        public static object DeSerialiseObject(string obj, Type t, List<Type> knownTypes)
        {
            DataContractSerializer ser = new DataContractSerializer(t, knownTypes);
            StringReader reader1 = new StringReader(obj);
            XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(reader1);
            return (ser.ReadObject(reader));
        }


        public static T DeSerialiseObject<T>(string obj, List<Type> knownTypes)
        {
            return (T) DeSerialiseObject(obj, typeof (T), knownTypes);
        }

        public static T DeSerialiseObject<T>(string obj)
        {
            return DeSerialiseObject<T>(obj, null);
        }

    }
}