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using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

namespace Core.Common.TestUtil
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Helper class for dealing with <see cref="ISerializable"/> objects and serialization
    /// related tasks.
    /// </summary>
    public static class SerializationTestHelper
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Serializes and then deserializes an object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of the serializable object.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="original">The object to be serialized.</param>
        /// <returns>The result of serializing <paramref name="original"/> and
        /// deserializing it again.</returns>
        public static T SerializeAndDeserializeException<T>(T original) where T : ISerializable
        {
            var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
            using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                formatter.Serialize(stream, original);
                stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
                return (T) formatter.Deserialize(stream);
            }
        }
    }
}