TextSerializer<TTargetType> class

Base class that contains common code for the CsvSerializer and FixedWidthSerializer class.

public abstract class TextSerializer<TTargetType>
    where TTargetType : new()

parameter	description
TTargetType	The type of object that will be serialized. Either TargetType must have the `TextSerializable attribute` applied, and any fields contained must have the `TextField attribute` applied to them, or the Fluent Configuration model must be used.

Public Members

name	description
Fields { get; }	Dictionary of Fields which have been configured for this Serializer. The Key is the Position, and the Value is the Field definition class.
TargetType { get; }	The type which will be created for each record in the file.
Deserialize(…)	Creates a single TargetType object given a record string.
DeserializeArray(…)	Creates a collection of TargetType objects from the data in the passed in stream. (2 methods)
DeserializeEnumerable(…)	Deserializes a file one record at a time suitable for usage in a foreach loop.
Serialize(…)	Serializes a single TargetType object into a properly formatted record string.
SerializeArray(…)	Serializes a collection of TargetType objects to the given TextWriter.

name	description
TextSerializer()	Default constructor for the base type. Does only basic initialization of the TargetType.
abstract FormatOutput(…)	Write out a list of fields in the correct format.
abstract GetFieldFromAttribute(…)	Used by a derived class to return a Field configuration specific to this serializer back for a given method based on the attributes applied.
InitializeFromAttributes()	Initializes the field definitions for this class using Attributes, which occurs if a Fluent Configuration is not passed into the Constructor.
abstract Parse(…)	Parses a line of text as a record and returns the fields.