laatzen/Common/modbus_master_csharp/Base/XML/XMLWriteFuncClass.cs

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C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml;
namespace XYLEM.Base.XML
{
internal class XMLWriteFuncClass
{
/// <summary>
/// Writes the given object instance to an XML file.
/// <para>Only Public properties and variables will be written to the file. These can be any type though, even other classes.</para>
/// <para>If there are public properties/variables that you do not want written to the file, decorate them with the [XmlIgnore] attribute.</para>
/// <para>Object type must have a parameterless constructor.</para>
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of object being written to the file.</typeparam>
/// <param name="filePath">The file path to write the object instance to.</param>
/// <param name="objectToWrite">The object instance to write to the file.</param>
/// <param name="append">If false the file will be overwritten if it already exists. If true the contents will be appended to the file.</param>
public static void WriteToXmlFile<T>(string filePath, T objectToWrite, bool append = false) where T : new()
{
// from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6115721/how-to-save-restore-serializable-object-to-from-file
TextWriter writer = null;
try
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
writer = new StreamWriter(filePath, append);
serializer.Serialize(writer, objectToWrite);
}
finally
{
if (writer != null)
writer.Close();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Reads an object instance from an XML file.
/// <para>Object type must have a parameterless constructor.</para>
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of object to read from the file.</typeparam>
/// <param name="filePath">The file path to read the object instance from.</param>
/// <returns>Returns a new instance of the object read from the XML file.</returns>
public static T ReadFromXmlFile<T>(string filePath) where T : new()
{
// from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6115721/how-to-save-restore-serializable-object-to-from-file
TextReader reader = null;
try
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
reader = new StreamReader(filePath);
return (T)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
}
finally
{
if (reader != null)
reader.Close();
}
}
}
}