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Specify the XmlRoot and XmlAttribute for XML serialization
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using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
[XmlRoot("EmployeeList")]
public class EmployeeList {
private ArrayList employeeList = new ArrayList();
public EmployeeList( ) {
}
[XmlElement("employee")]
public Employee[] Employees {
get {
Employee[] employees = new Employee[ employeeList.Count ];
employeeList.CopyTo( employees );
return employees;
}
set {
Employee[] employees = (Employee[])value;
employeeList.Clear();
foreach( Employee i in employees )
employeeList.Add( i );
}
}
public void AddEmployee( Employee employee ) {
employeeList.Add( employee );
}
public Employee this[string firstName] {
get {
foreach( Employee i in employeeList )
if( i.firstName == firstName )
return i;
throw( new Exception("Employee not found") );
}
}
public void DisplayEmployees( ) {
foreach( Employee i in employeeList )
Console.WriteLine( i );
}
}
public class Employee {
[XmlAttribute("firstName")] public string firstName;
[XmlAttribute("lastName")] public string lastName;
[XmlAttribute("salary")] public double salary;
[XmlAttribute("number")] public int number;
public Employee( ) { }
public Employee( string f, string l, double s, int n ) {
firstName = f;
lastName = l;
salary = s;
number = n;
}
public override string ToString( ) {
object[] o = new object[] { firstName, lastName, salary, number };
return string.Format("{0,-5} {1,-10} ${2,5:#,###.00} {3,3}", o);
}
}
public class MainClass {
public static void Main( ) {
EmployeeList employList = new EmployeeList( );
employList.AddEmployee( new Employee("A","p", 123.15,100) );
employList.AddEmployee( new Employee("B","c", 712.50, 25) );
employList.AddEmployee( new Employee("C","wt", 132.35, 10) );
employList.DisplayEmployees( );
Console.WriteLine("Serialization in progress");
XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer( typeof( EmployeeList ) );
TextWriter w = new StreamWriter("employList.xml");
s.Serialize( w, employList );
w.Close();
Console.WriteLine("Serialization complete\n\n");
Console.WriteLine("Deserialization in progress");
EmployeeList employList2 = new EmployeeList( );
TextReader r = new StreamReader( "employList.xml" );
employList2 = (EmployeeList)s.Deserialize( r );
r.Close( );
Console.WriteLine("Deserialization complete");
employList2.DisplayEmployees();
}
}
A p $123.15 100
B c $712.50 25
C wt $132.35 10
Serialization in progress
Serialization complete
Deserialization in progress
Deserialization complete
A p $123.15 100
B c $712.50 25
C wt $132.35 10
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