Mega Code Archive
Use XML Serialization with Custom Objects
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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;
}
}
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