/FlashCard/WindowsFormsApplication1/Utility.cs

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Runtime.Serialization;

using System.Xml;

using System.IO;

using System.Diagnostics;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;



namespace FlashCard

{

    public static class Utility

    {

        public static void Serialize<T>(T obj, string path, params Type[] knownTypes)

        {

            using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create))

            {

                using (XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8))

                {

                    try

                    {

                        writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;

                        DataContractSerializer ser = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T), knownTypes);

                        ser.WriteObject(writer, obj);

                    }

                    catch (Exception e)

                    {

                        Debug.Fail(e.ToString());

                    }

                }

            }

        }



        public static T Deserialize<T>(string path, params Type[] knownTypes)

        {

            using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open))

            {

                using (XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(stream))

                {

                    DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T), knownTypes);

                    return (T)serializer.ReadObject(reader, true);

                }

            }

        }

    }

}