Mega Code Archive
Use XML Serialization with Custom Objects
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
[XmlRoot("productCatalog")]
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;
}
}
public class MainClass {
private static void Main() {
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;
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);
}
}
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