Deserialize from string instead TextReader

Question

Hi,

I wanna change my code from:

string path=@"c:\Directory\test.xml";
XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Car));
Car car;

TextReader r=new new StreamReader(path);

car = (Car)s.Deserialize(r);
r.Close();

into Code that would convert a xml to string , and then convert string to object car.

Is it possible??

Answer 1

If you have the XML stored inside a string variable you could use a StringReader:

var xml = @"<car/>";
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Car));
using (var reader = new StringReader(xml))
{
    var car = (Car)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
}

Answer 2

hi, i use this:

public static string XmlSerializeToString(this object objectInstance)
{
    var serializer = new XmlSerializer(objectInstance.GetType());
    var sb = new StringBuilder();

    using (TextWriter writer = new StringWriter(sb))
    {
        serializer.Serialize(writer, objectInstance);
    }

    return sb.ToString();
}

public static T XmlDeserializeFromString<T>(string objectData)
{
    return (T)XmlDeserializeFromString(objectData, typeof(T));
}

public static object XmlDeserializeFromString(string objectData, Type type)
{
    var serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
    object result;

    using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(objectData))
    {
        result = serializer.Deserialize(reader);
    }

    return result;
}

greets!