Split off the Serialization namespace into a new assembly.
diff --git a/src/ProtocolBuffers.Serialization/Extensions.cs b/src/ProtocolBuffers.Serialization/Extensions.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Text;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Xml;
+using Google.ProtocolBuffers.Serialization;
+
+namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers
+{
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Extension methods for using serializers on instances of IMessageLite/IBuilderLite
+ /// </summary>
+ public static class Extensions
+ {
+ #region IMessageLite Extension
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Serializes the message to JSON text. This is a trivial wrapper
+ /// around Serialization.JsonFormatWriter.WriteMessage.
+ /// </summary>
+ public static string ToJson(this IMessageLite message)
+ {
+ JsonFormatWriter w = JsonFormatWriter.CreateInstance();
+ w.WriteMessage(message);
+ return w.ToString();
+ }
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Serializes the message to XML text. This is a trivial wrapper
+ /// around Serialization.XmlFormatWriter.WriteMessage.
+ /// </summary>
+ public static string ToXml(this IMessageLite message)
+ {
+ StringWriter w = new StringWriter(new StringBuilder(4096));
+ XmlFormatWriter.CreateInstance(w).WriteMessage(message);
+ return w.ToString();
+ }
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Serializes the message to XML text using the element name provided.
+ /// This is a trivial wrapper around Serialization.XmlFormatWriter.WriteMessage.
+ /// </summary>
+ public static string ToXml(this IMessageLite message, string rootElementName)
+ {
+ StringWriter w = new StringWriter(new StringBuilder(4096));
+ XmlFormatWriter.CreateInstance(w).WriteMessage(rootElementName, message);
+ return w.ToString();
+ }
+
+ #endregion
+ #region IBuilderLite Extensions
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Merges a JSON object into this builder and returns
+ /// </summary>
+ public static TBuilder MergeFromJson<TBuilder>(this TBuilder builder, string jsonText) where TBuilder : IBuilderLite
+ {
+ return JsonFormatReader.CreateInstance(jsonText)
+ .Merge(builder);
+ }
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Merges a JSON object into this builder and returns
+ /// </summary>
+ public static TBuilder MergeFromJson<TBuilder>(this TBuilder builder, TextReader reader) where TBuilder : IBuilderLite
+ {
+ return MergeFromJson(builder, reader, ExtensionRegistry.Empty);
+ }
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Merges a JSON object into this builder using the extensions provided and returns
+ /// </summary>
+ public static TBuilder MergeFromJson<TBuilder>(this TBuilder builder, TextReader reader, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry) where TBuilder : IBuilderLite
+ {
+ return JsonFormatReader.CreateInstance(reader)
+ .Merge(builder, extensionRegistry);
+ }
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Merges an XML object into this builder and returns
+ /// </summary>
+ public static TBuilder MergeFromXml<TBuilder>(this TBuilder builder, XmlReader reader) where TBuilder : IBuilderLite
+ {
+ return MergeFromXml(builder, XmlFormatReader.DefaultRootElementName, reader, ExtensionRegistry.Empty);
+ }
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Merges an XML object into this builder and returns
+ /// </summary>
+ public static TBuilder MergeFromXml<TBuilder>(this TBuilder builder, string rootElementName, XmlReader reader) where TBuilder : IBuilderLite
+ {
+ return MergeFromXml(builder, rootElementName, reader, ExtensionRegistry.Empty);
+ }
+
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Merges an XML object into this builder using the extensions provided and returns
+ /// </summary>
+ public static TBuilder MergeFromXml<TBuilder>(this TBuilder builder, string rootElementName, XmlReader reader,
+ ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry) where TBuilder : IBuilderLite
+ {
+ return XmlFormatReader.CreateInstance(reader)
+ .Merge(rootElementName, builder, extensionRegistry);
+ }
+
+ #endregion
+ }
+}