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using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Text;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

using NUnit.Framework;

namespace RestCore.Tests.Helpers

{

    public static class TestExtensions

    {

#if !Smartphone

        public static string GetDescription(this Enum value)

        {

            var field = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());

            var attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[]) field.GetCustomAttributes(typeof (DescriptionAttribute), false);

            return (attributes.Length > 0) ? attributes[0].Description : value.ToString();

        }

#endif

        public static string ToXml<T>(this T instance)

        {

            var type = typeof (T);

#if !Smartphone

            if (!type.IsSerializable)

            {

                return String.Empty;

            }

#endif

            var sb = new StringBuilder();

            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);

            using (var writer = new StringWriter(sb))

            {

                serializer.Serialize(writer, instance);

            }

            return sb.ToString();

        }

        public static T FromXml<T>(this string xml)

        {

            T type;

            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof (T));

            using (var reader = new StringReader(xml))

            {

                type = (T) serializer.Deserialize(reader);

                reader.Close();

            }

            return type;

        }

        public static Uri AsUri(this string url)

        {

            return new Uri(url);

        }

    }

}