Csharp/C Sharp by API/System.Xml.Serialization/XmlSerializer

new XmlSerializer

  
using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
public class SerializeXml {
    private static void Main() {
        CarList catalog = new CarList("New List", DateTime.Now.AddYears(1));
        Car[] cars = new Car[2];
        cars[0] = new Car("Car 1", 12342.99m);
        cars[1] = new Car("Car 2", 21234123.9m);
        catalog.Cars = cars;
        XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(CarList));
        FileStream fs = new FileStream("CarList.xml", FileMode.Create);
        serializer.Serialize(fs, catalog);
        fs.Close();
        catalog = null;
        // Deserialize the order from the file.
        fs = new FileStream("CarList.xml", FileMode.Open);
        catalog = (CarList)serializer.Deserialize(fs);
        // Serialize the order to the Console window.
        serializer.Serialize(Console.Out, catalog);
    }
}

[XmlRoot("carList")]
public class CarList {
    [XmlElement("catalogName")]
    public string ListName;
    
    // Use the date data type (and ignore the time portion in the serialized XML).
    [XmlElement(ElementName="expiryDate", DataType="date")]
    public DateTime ExpiryDate;
    
    [XmlArray("cars")]
    [XmlArrayItem("car")]
    public Car[] Cars;
    public CarList() {
    }
    public CarList(string catalogName, DateTime expiryDate) {
        this.ListName = catalogName;
        this.ExpiryDate = expiryDate;
    }
}
public class Car {
    [XmlElement("carName")]
    public string CarName;
    
    [XmlElement("carPrice")]
    public decimal CarPrice;
    
    [XmlElement("inStock")]
    public bool InStock;
    
    [XmlAttributeAttribute(AttributeName="id", DataType="integer")]
    public string Id;
    public Car() {
    }
    public Car(string carName, decimal carPrice) {
        this.CarName = carName;
        this.CarPrice = carPrice;
    }
}

XmlSerializer.Deserialize

  
using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
public class MainClass
{
  private static void Main()
  {
    // Create the product catalog.
    ProductCatalog catalog = new ProductCatalog("New Catalog", DateTime.Now.AddYears(1));
    Product[] products = new Product[2];
    products[0] = new Product("Product 1", 42.99m);
    products[1] = new Product("Product 2", 202.99m);
    catalog.Products = products;
    // Serialize the order to a file.
    XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ProductCatalog));
    FileStream fs = new FileStream("ProductCatalog.xml", FileMode.Create);
    serializer.Serialize(fs, catalog);
    fs.Close();
    catalog = null;
    fs = new FileStream("ProductCatalog.xml", FileMode.Open);
    catalog = (ProductCatalog)serializer.Deserialize(fs);
    serializer.Serialize(Console.Out, catalog);
  }
}
[XmlRoot("productCatalog")]
public class ProductCatalog 
{
  [XmlElement("catalogName")]
  public string CatalogName;
  [XmlElement(ElementName="expiryDate", DataType="date")]
  public DateTime ExpiryDate;
  [XmlArray("products")]
  [XmlArrayItem("product")]
    public Product[] Products;
  public ProductCatalog()
  {
  }
  public ProductCatalog(string catalogName, DateTime expiryDate)
  {
    this.CatalogName = catalogName;
    this.ExpiryDate = expiryDate;
  }
}

public class Product 
{
  [XmlElement("productName")]
  public string ProductName;
  [XmlElement("productPrice")]
  public decimal ProductPrice;
  [XmlElement("inStock")]
  public bool InStock;
  [XmlAttributeAttribute(AttributeName="id", DataType="integer")]
  public string Id;
  public Product()
  {
  }
  public Product(string productName, decimal productPrice)
  {
    this.ProductName = productName;
    this.ProductPrice = productPrice;
  }
}

XmlSerializer.Serialize

  
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
class MainClass{
  public static void Main(){
     try {
         ShapedRoot sr = new ShapedRoot();
         sr.node = new Shaped();
         sr.node.s1 = "a value";
         sr.node.s2 = "another value";
         sr.node.s3 = "uuid:1AE0964A-2B30-4a02-96F2-325B92B4E92C";
         StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
         XmlTextWriter tw = new XmlTextWriter( sw );
         tw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
         tw.Indentation = 4;
         XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer( typeof( ShapedRoot ) );
         ser.Serialize( tw, sr );
         tw.Close();
         sw.Close();
     }
     catch( Exception exc )
     {
         Console.WriteLine( exc.Message );
     }
 
  }
}
[XmlRoot( ElementName="sroot", Namespace="urn:my-examples:shaping" )]
public class ShapedRoot
{
    public ShapedRoot()
    {
    }
    public Shaped node;
}
[XmlType( Namespace="urn:my-examples:shaping" )]
public class Shaped
{
    public Shaped()
    {
    }
    [XmlAttribute]
    public string s1;
    [XmlElement( ElementName = "string2" )]
    public string s2;
    [XmlElement( DataType = "anyURI" )]
    public string s3;
}