Serialize object to XML
c#, xml-serialization
Solution
I've decided to go the way I wrote my question - to use XmlWriter object, which i have to use anyway, even if I go Ofer Zelig's way.
namespace System.Xml.Serialization {
public static class XmlSerializationExtensions {
public static readonly XmlSerializerNamespaces EmptyXmlSerializerNamespace = new XmlSerializerNamespaces(
new XmlQualifiedName[] {
new XmlQualifiedName("") } );
public static void WriteElementObject( this XmlWriter writer, string localName, object o ) {
writer.WriteStartElement( localName );
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer( o.GetType() );
xs.Serialize( writer, o, EmptyXmlSerializerNamespace );
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
public static T ReadElementObject< T >( this XmlReader reader ) {
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer( typeof( T ) );
reader.ReadStartElement();
T retval = (T)xs.Deserialize( reader );
reader.ReadEndElement();
return retval;
}
}
}
Problem
For Binary serialization I use ``` public ClassConstructor(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt) { this.cars = (OtherClass)info.GetValue("Object", typeof(OtherClass)); } public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt) { info.AddString(this.name); info.AddValue("Object", this.object); } ``` I want to make the same thing for XML serialization (class implements IXmlSerializable interface, because of private property setters), but I don't know how to put an object to serializer (XmlWriter object). ``` public void WriteXml( XmlWriter writer ) { writer.WriteAttributeString( "Name", Name ); writer. ... Write object, but how ??? } public void ReadXml( XmlReader reader ) { this.Name = reader.GetAttribute( "Name" ); this.object = reader. ... how to read ?? } ``` probably I can use something like this ``` XmlSerializer xsSubmit = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyObject)); var subReq = new MyObject(); StringWriter sww = new StringWriter(); XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sww); xsSubmit.Serialize(writer, subReq); var xml = sww.ToString(); // Your xml ``` but maybe there is simpler method that uses only XmlWriter object I get from WriteXml method argument