Do the same for serializers

SabreTools.Serialization/Serializers/BaseBinarySerializer.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-using System;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Reflection;
 using SabreTools.Serialization.Interfaces;
 
 namespace SabreTools.Serialization.Serializers
@@ -9,7 +7,10 @@ namespace SabreTools.Serialization.Serializers
     /// Base class for all binary serializers
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="TModel">Type of the model to serialize</typeparam>
-    /// <remarks>These methods assume there is a concrete implementation of the serializer for the model available</remarks>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// This class allows all inheriting types to only implement <see cref="IStreamSerializer<>"/>
+    /// and still implicitly implement <see cref="IByteSerializer<>"/>  and <see cref="IFileSerializer<>"/> 
+    /// </remarks>
     public abstract class BaseBinarySerializer<TModel> :
         IByteSerializer<TModel>,
         IFileSerializer<TModel>,
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Serialization.Serializers
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public virtual byte[]? SerializeArray(TModel? obj)
         {
-            using var stream = SerializeStream(obj);
+            using var stream = Serialize(obj);
             if (stream == null)
                 return null;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ namespace SabreTools.Serialization.Serializers
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
                 return false;
 
-            using var stream = SerializeStream(obj);
+            using var stream = Serialize(obj);
             if (stream == null)
                 return false;
 
@@ -56,110 +57,5 @@ namespace SabreTools.Serialization.Serializers
         public abstract Stream? Serialize(TModel? obj);
 
         #endregion
-
-        #region Static Implementations
-
-        /// <inheritdoc cref="IByteSerializer.Deserialize(T?)"/>
-        public static byte[]? SerializeBytes(TModel? obj)
-        {
-            var serializer = GetType<IByteSerializer<TModel>>();
-            if (serializer == null)
-                return default;
-
-            return serializer.SerializeArray(obj);
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc cref="IFileSerializer.Serialize(T?, string?)"/>
-        public static bool SerializeFile(TModel? obj, string? path)
-        {
-            var serializer = GetType<IFileSerializer<TModel>>();
-            if (serializer == null)
-                return default;
-
-            return serializer.Serialize(obj, path);
-        }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc cref="IStreamSerializer.Serialize(T?)"/>
-        public static Stream? SerializeStream(TModel? obj)
-        {
-            var serializer = GetType<IStreamSerializer<TModel>>();
-            if (serializer == null)
-                return default;
-
-            return serializer.Serialize(obj);
-        }
-
-        #endregion
-
-        #region Helpers
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get a constructed instance of a type, if possible
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <typeparam name="TSerializer">Serializer type to construct</typeparam>
-        /// <returns>Serializer of the requested type, null on error</returns>
-        private static TSerializer? GetType<TSerializer>()
-        {
-            // If the serializer type is invalid
-            string? serializerName = typeof(TSerializer)?.Name;
-            if (serializerName == null)
-                return default;
-
-            // If the serializer has no generic arguments
-            var genericArgs = typeof(TSerializer).GetGenericArguments();
-            if (genericArgs == null || genericArgs.Length == 0)
-                return default;
-
-            // Loop through all loaded assemblies
-            Type modelType = genericArgs[0];
-            foreach (var assembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies())
-            {
-                // If the assembly is invalid
-                if (assembly == null)
-                    return default;
-
-                // If not all types can be loaded, use the ones that could be
-                Type?[] assemblyTypes = [];
-                try
-                {
-                    assemblyTypes = assembly.GetTypes();
-                }
-                catch (ReflectionTypeLoadException rtle)
-                {
-                    assemblyTypes = rtle.Types ?? [];
-                }
-
-                // Loop through all types 
-                foreach (Type? type in assemblyTypes)
-                {
-                    // If the type is invalid
-                    if (type == null)
-                        continue;
-
-                    // If the type isn't a class
-                    if (!type.IsClass)
-                        continue;
-
-                    // If the type doesn't implement the interface
-                    var interfaceType = type.GetInterface(serializerName);
-                    if (interfaceType == null)
-                        continue;
-
-                    // If the interface doesn't use the correct type parameter
-                    var genericTypes = interfaceType.GetGenericArguments();
-                    if (genericTypes.Length != 1 || genericTypes[0] != modelType)
-                        continue;
-
-                    // Try to create a concrete instance of the type
-                    var instance = (TSerializer?)Activator.CreateInstance(type);
-                    if (instance != null)
-                        return instance;
-                }
-            }
-
-            return default;
-        }
-
-        #endregion
     }
 }