Scan an assembly in order to create a XmlContentSerializer

[ploeh]

Now that XmlContentSerializer has a CreateTypeResolver method, it's possible to create an instance like this:

var serializer = new XmlContentSerializer(
    XmlContentSerializer.CreateTypeResolver(
        typeof(UserCreated).Assembly));

This is better than having to manually create an instance of TypeResolutionTable, but now that the building blocks are in place, it'd be nice with an even easier short-cut:

XmlContentSerializer serializer =
    XmlContentSerializer.Scan(typeof(UserCreated).Assembly);

In the above example, this method is called Scan, but other alternatives are possible:

• Scan
• Create
• CreateSerializer
• CreateContentSerializer

[moodmosaic]

Hm... Scan is easy to understand, if you already know about this:

var serializer = new XmlContentSerializer(
    XmlContentSerializer.CreateTypeResolver(
        typeof(UserCreated).Assembly));

Create makes it easier to understand what the return type is.

[ploeh]

Yes, but Scan provides a hint about what's actually going on.

My concern about Create is that, based on an Assembly as input, it sounds a bit magical.

[moodmosaic]

Agreed. And it's probably more important to know what's actually going on (vs what's returned).