xmlserializer

Why does XmlSerializer populate my object property with an XmlNode array when deserializing an empty typed element using XmlNodeReader instead of an empty string like it does when using StringReader (or XmlTextReader )? The second assertion in the following code sample fails: var doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.Load(new StringReader(@" <Test xmlns:xsi=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"" xmlns:xsd=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema""> <Value xsi:type=""xsd:string"" /> </Test>")); var ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof (Test)); var reader1 = new StringReader(doc.InnerXml); var obj1 = (Test)

Hopefully this should be an easy answer for someone out there (and possibly a dupe), but I can't seem to figure it out. I need to output an element that looks like this: <Quantity foo="AB" bar="CD">37</Quantity> I know how to get this: <Quantity foo="AB" bar="CD"> <qty>37</qty> </Quantity> with a Quantity class containing public int qty; [XmlAttribute] public string foo; [XmlAttribute] public string bar; but then of course whatever variable I insert the quantity into becomes its own sub-element. On the other hand, if I make the Quantity a variable in the parent element, then I can set the

I have an object Foo which I serialize to an XML stream. public class Foo { // The application version, NOT the file version! public string Version {get;set;} public string Name {get;set;} } Foo foo = new Foo { Version = "1.0", Name = "Bar" }; XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(foo.GetType()); This works fast, easy and does everything currently required. The problem I'm having is that I need to maintain a separate documentation file with some minor remarks. As in the above example, Name is obvious, but Version is the application version and not the data file version as one could

I have wrote that code: public void Save() { using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(Properties.Settings.Default.settings_file_path, FileMode.Open)) { XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MySettings)); ser.Serialize(fs, this); } } When I am using FileMode.Open everything is good, and output is e.x. like this: <?xml version="1.0"?> <MySettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <settingsList> <Setting> <Value>12</Value> <Name>A0</Name> <Type>MEASUREMENT</Type> </Setting> <Setting> <Value>5000</Value> <Name>C0</Name> <Type

I have been able to serialize an IEnumerable this way: [XmlArray("TRANSACTIONS")] [XmlArrayItem("TRANSACTION", typeof(Record))] public IEnumerable<BudgetRecord> Records { get { foreach(Record br in _budget) { yield return br; } } } However, I realised that now I need a dictionary containing a collection Dictionary<string, RecordCollection> (RecordCollection implements IEnumerable). How can I achieve that? Take a look at the following blog post http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psheill/archive/2005/04/09/406823.aspx http://web.archive.org/web/20100703052446/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psheill/archive/2005/04

I'm trying to use the XmlSerializer to persist a List(T) where T is an interface. The serializer does not like interfaces. I'm curious if there is a simple way to serialize a list of heterogeneous objects easily with XmlSerializer. Here's what I'm going for: public interface IAnimal { int Age(); } public class Dog : IAnimal { public int Age() { return 1; } } public class Cat : IAnimal { public int Age() { return 1; } } private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { var animals = new List<IAnimal> { new Dog(), new Cat() }; var x = new XmlSerializer(animals.GetType()); var b =