XML Serialization in C#

Question

Where Can I find good tutorial about XMl serialization to the object? Thanks.

Answer 1

Its really pretty simple, there are only three main steps.

1. You need to mark your classes with the [Serializable] attribute.
2. Write Serialization code
3. Write Deserialization code

Serialization:

var x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(YourClass));
var fs = new FileStream(@"C:\YourFile.xml"), FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
x.Serialize(fs, yourInstance);
fs.Close();

Deserialization:

var x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(YourClass));
var fs = new FileStream(@"C:\YourFile.xml"), FileMode.Open);
var fromFile = x.Deserialize(fs) as YourClass;
fs.Close();