source: branches/2708_ScopedAlgorithms/HeuristicLab.Persistence/3.3/Default/Xml/Primitive/System.Drawing/Bitmap2XmlSerializer.cs

#region License Information
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#endregion

using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.IO;
using HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.Xml.Compact;

namespace HeuristicLab.Persistence.Default.Xml.Primitive {
  internal sealed class Bitmap2XmlSerializer : PrimitiveXmlSerializerBase<Bitmap> {

    public override XmlString Format(Bitmap o) {      
      MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
      lock (o)
        o.Save(stream, ImageFormat.Png);
      byte[] array = stream.ToArray();
      Byte1DArray2XmlSerializer serializer = new Byte1DArray2XmlSerializer();
      return serializer.Format(array);
    }

    public override Bitmap Parse(XmlString t) {
      Byte1DArray2XmlSerializer serializer = new Byte1DArray2XmlSerializer();
      byte[] array = serializer.Parse(t);

      MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
      stream.Write(array, 0, array.Length);
      stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

      Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(stream);
      return bitmap;
    }
  }
}