Shuttle.Core.Serialization

PM> Install-Package Shuttle.Core.Serialization

The following implementations of the ISerializer interface is used to serialize objects into a Stream:

• XmlSerializer makes use of the standard .NET XML serialization functionality.
• JsonSerializer makes use of the System.Test.Json serialization functionality.

Usage

XmlSerializer

services.AddXmlSerializer(builder => {
	builder.Options = new XmlSerializerOptions 
	{
	};

	// or

	buidler.Options.option = value;
});

The builder.Options contains properties that map to XmlWriterSettings as well as XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas.

JsonSerializer

services.AddJsonSerializer(builder => {
	builder.Options = new JsonSerializerOptions 
	{
	};

	// or

	buidler.Options.option = value;
});

The builder.Options is of type JsonSerializerOptions.

Methods

Serialize

Task<Stream> SerializeAsync(object message);

Returns the message object as a Stream.

Deserialize

Task<object> DeserializeAsync(Type type, Stream stream);

Deserializes the Stream into an object of the given type.

ISerializerRootType

The XmlSerializer implements the ISerializerRootType interface which is an optional interface that serializer implementations can use that allows the developer to specify explicit object types contained within a root type.

It is recommended that you explicitly register types with the same name, but in different namespaes, that will be serialized within the same root type to avoid any conflicts later down the line.

For instance, the following two types will cause issues when used in the root Complex type as they both serialize to the same name and the .Net serializer cannot seem to distinguish the difference:

namespace Serializer.v1
{
	public class MovedEvent
	{
		public string Where { get; set; } 
	}
}

namespace Serializer.v2
{
	public class MovedEvent
	{
		public string Where { get; set; } 
	}
}

namespace Serializer
{
	public class Complex
	{
		public v1.MovedEvent { get; set; }
		public v2.MovedEvent { get; set; }
	}
}

By explicitly specifying the types the XmlSerializer will add a namespace that will cause the types to be correctly identified.

AddSerializerType

void AddSerializerType(Type root, Type contained);

Specify the contained type that is used within the root type.