I'm using a "cache" class to avoid instantiating xmlserializer each time you need to serialize something (also added a XmlCommentAttribute for adding comments to the serialized properties in the xml output), to me it works like sharm, hope help someone with this:
public static class XmlSerializerCache
{
private static object Locker = new object();
private static Dictionary<string, XmlSerializer> SerializerCacheForUtils = new Dictionary<string, XmlSerializer>();
public static XmlSerializer GetSerializer<T>()
{
return GetSerializer<T>(null);
}
public static XmlSerializer GetSerializer<T>(Type[] ExtraTypes)
{
return GetSerializer(typeof(T), ExtraTypes);
}
public static XmlSerializer GetSerializer(Type MainTypeForSerialization)
{
return GetSerializer(MainTypeForSerialization, null);
}
public static XmlSerializer GetSerializer(Type MainTypeForSerialization, Type[] ExtraTypes)
{
string Signature = MainTypeForSerialization.FullName;
if (ExtraTypes != null)
{
foreach (Type Tp in ExtraTypes)
Signature += "-" + Tp.FullName;
}
XmlSerializer XmlEventSerializer;
if (SerializerCacheForUtils.ContainsKey(Signature))
XmlEventSerializer = SerializerCacheForUtils[Signature];
else
{
if (ExtraTypes == null)
XmlEventSerializer = new XmlSerializer(MainTypeForSerialization);
else
XmlEventSerializer = new XmlSerializer(MainTypeForSerialization, ExtraTypes);
SerializerCacheForUtils.Add(Signature, XmlEventSerializer);
}
return XmlEventSerializer;
}
public static T Deserialize<T>(XDocument XmlData)
{
return Deserialize<T>(XmlData, null);
}
public static T Deserialize<T>(XDocument XmlData, Type[] ExtraTypes)
{
lock (Locker)
{
T Result = default(T);
try
{
XmlReader XmlReader = XmlData.Root.CreateReader();
XmlSerializer Ser = GetSerializer<T>(ExtraTypes);
Result = (T)Ser.Deserialize(XmlReader);
XmlReader.Dispose();
return Result;
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
throw new Exception("Could not deserialize to " + typeof(T).Name, Ex);
}
}
}
public static T Deserialize<T>(string XmlData)
{
return Deserialize<T>(XmlData, null);
}
public static T Deserialize<T>(string XmlData, Type[] ExtraTypes)
{
lock (Locker)
{
T Result = default(T);
try
{
using (MemoryStream Stream = new MemoryStream())
{
using (StreamWriter Writer = new StreamWriter(Stream))
{
Writer.Write(XmlData);
Writer.Flush();
Stream.Position = 0;
XmlSerializer Ser = GetSerializer<T>(ExtraTypes);
Result = (T)Ser.Deserialize(Stream);
Writer.Close();
}
}
return Result;
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
throw new Exception("Could not deserialize to " + typeof(T).Name, Ex);
}
}
}
public static XDocument Serialize<T>(T Object)
{
return Serialize<T>(Object, null);
}
public static XDocument Serialize<T>(T Object, Type[] ExtraTypes)
{
lock (Locker)
{
XDocument Xml = null;
try
{
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
ns.Add("", "");
using (StreamReader Reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
XmlSerializer Serializer = GetSerializer<T>(ExtraTypes);
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings { Indent = true };
using (var w = XmlWriter.Create(stream, settings))
{
Serializer.Serialize(w, Object, ns);
w.Flush();
stream.Position = 0;
}
Xml = XDocument.Load(Reader, LoadOptions.None);
foreach (XElement Ele in Xml.Root.Descendants())
{
PropertyInfo PI = typeof(T).GetProperty(Ele.Name.LocalName);
if (PI != null && PI.IsDefined(typeof(XmlCommentAttribute), false))
Xml.AddFirst(new XComment(PI.Name + ": " + PI.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(XmlCommentAttribute), false).Cast<XmlCommentAttribute>().Single().Value));
}
Reader.Close();
}
}
return Xml;
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
throw new Exception("Could not serialize from " + typeof(T).Name + " to xml string", Ex);
}
}
}
}
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class XmlCommentAttribute : Attribute
{
public string Value { get; set; }
}
