source: branches/2708_ScopedAlgorithms/HeuristicLab.Persistence/3.3/Default/Xml/Primitive/Char2XmlFormatter.cs

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#endregion

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Interfaces;

namespace HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.Xml.Primitive {

  internal sealed class Char2XmlSerializer : PrimitiveSerializerBase<char, XmlString> {

    private static readonly Regex base64Regex = new Regex("<Base64>(.+)</Base64>");

    private static bool IsSpecial(char c) {
      return c <= 0x1F && c != 0x9 && c != 0xA && c != 0xD;
    }

    private static string ToBase64String(char c) {
      return string.Format("<Base64>{0}</Base64>", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(new[] {c})));
    }

    public override XmlString Format(char c) {
      return new XmlString(IsSpecial(c) ? ToBase64String(c) : new string(c, 1));
    }

    public override char Parse(XmlString x) {
      if (x.Data.Length <= 1) return x.Data[0];
      var m = base64Regex.Match(x.Data);
      if (m.Success)
        return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Convert.FromBase64String(m.Groups[1].Value))[0];
      throw new PersistenceException("Invalid character format, XML string length != 1");
    }
  }
}