/Visual Studio 2008/CSXmlSerialization/ReadMe.txt

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    CONSOLE APPLICATION : CSXmlSerialization Project Overview

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Use:



This sample shows how to serialize an in-memory object to a local xml file 

and how to deserialize the xml file back to an in-memory object using C#. 

The designed MySerializableType includes int, string, generic, as well as 

customized type field and property.





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Code Logic:



1. We define a MySerializableType whose instance will be serialized to xml 

file. The MySerializableType includes int, string, bool, generic List and 

a customized type field/property. Mark the type as [Serializable()].



2. We define a AnotherType which is used for MySerializableType's inner 

customized type. Mark the type as [Serializable()].



3. In the main method, the codes firstly create and initialize an object of

MySerializableType.



4. Then it creates a XmlSerializer and StreamWriter to serialize the instance

to local driver as XML file. The generated xml file in step4 looks like,



  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 

- <MySerializableType xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 

     xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

  <StringValue>Test String</StringValue> 

  <BoolValue>true</BoolValue> 

  <IntValue>1</IntValue> 

- <AnotherTypeValue>

  <StringValue>Inner Test String</StringValue> 

  <IntValue>2</IntValue> 

  </AnotherTypeValue>

- <ListValue>

  <string>List Item 1</string> 

  <string>List Item 2</string> 

  <string>List Item 3</string> 

  </ListValue>

  </MySerializableType>



5. Then it creates a StreamReader to read and deserialize the xml file back to

object instance





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References:



MSDN: XMLSerializer

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.xmlserializer.aspx





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