Serialize Dictionary to Xml - SharpSerializer

CSharp · Console

/Program.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using Polenter.Serialization;
					
public class Program
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		var dict = new Dictionary<string, string[]> 
		{
			{ "nikhil", new string[] { "[email protected]", "[email protected]" } }	
		};
		
		var serialized = Serialize(dict);
		Console.WriteLine(serialized);
		
		var deserialized = Deserialize<Dictionary<string, string[]>>(serialized);
		Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", deserialized["nikhil"]) == string.Join(",", deserialized["nikhil"])); // True
	}
	
	private static string Serialize<T>(T obj) where T : class
	{
		using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
		{
			var serializer = new SharpSerializer();
			serializer.Serialize(obj, stream);
			stream.Position = 0;
			return new StreamReader(stream).ReadToEnd();
		}
	}
				   
	private static T Deserialize<T>(string val) where T : class
	{
		if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(val)) 
		{
			return default(T);
		}
			
		var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(val);
		using (var stream = new MemoryStream(bytes))
		{
			var serializer = new SharpSerializer();
			return serializer.Deserialize(stream) as T;
		}
	}
}