This library is available on NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/XmlSerializerHelper/ Use the following command to install XmlSerializerHelper using NuGet package manager console:
PM> Install-Package XmlSerializerHelper You can use this library in any .Net project which is compatible to PCL (e.g. Xamarin Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows Store, Universal Apps, etc.)
The following unit test shows how a simple .Net object of tpe SimpleSerializerClass is serialized to XML
// Arrange IXmlSerializerHelper xmlSerializerHelper = new XmlSerializerHelper(); var obj = new SimpleSerializerClass { BoolProperty = true, StringProperty = "test" }; Type targetType = obj.GetType(); // Act string serializedString = xmlSerializerHelper.SerializeToXml(obj); // Assert serializedString.Should().NotBeNullOrEmpty(); The following unit test shows the above serializedString can be deserialized again:
// Arrange // ... // Act var deserializedObject = (SimpleSerializerClass)xmlSerializerHelper.DeserializeFromXml(targetType, serializedString); // Assert deserializedObject.Should().NotBeNull(); deserializedObject.BoolProperty.Should().BeTrue(); deserializedObject.StringProperty.Should().Be("test"); XsdValidator can be used to validate XML content against a given XSD schema.
// Arrange string xmlContent = XmlTestData.GetValidXmlContent(); string xsdContent = XmlTestData.GetXsdMarkup(); IXsdValidator xsdValidator = new XsdValidator(); // Act var validationResult = xsdValidator.Validate(xmlContent, xsdContent); // Assert validationResult.IsValid.Should().BeTrue(); There is a number of extension methods for type System.Object in ObjectExtensions. You can simply call SerializeToXml resp. DeserializeFromXml on any .Net object. Following unit tests gives an example:
// Arrange float inputValue = 123.456f; string expectedOuput = @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>"+Environment.NewLine+"<float>123.456</float>"; // Act var serializedString = inputValue.SerializeToXml(); // Assert serializedString.Should().Be(expectedOuput); If you do not use an IoC framework, you can call XmlSerializerHelper.Current to get a singleton instance of IXmlSerializerHelper.
string serializedString = XmlSerializerHelper.Current.SerializeToXml(value: new object(), preserveTypeInformation: false); The same applies to XsdValidator.Current. However, it is advised to register the mentioned interfaces along with their respective implementations in an IoC framework, such as Unity, Autofac, Ninject, etc...
This project is Copyright © 2019 Thomas Galliker. Free for non-commercial use. For commercial use please contact the author.