C Serialize Class To Xml

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Simple XML serialization and deserialization helper class for C# - Example: https://heiswayi.github.io/2016/simple-xml-serialization-and-deserialization-helper-class-in-csharp
XmlHelper.cs

Jul 20, 2015  The class being serialized must have a public constructor without parameters. Robust Programming. The following conditions may cause an exception: The class being serialized does not have a public, parameterless constructor. The file exists and is read-only (IOException). The path is too long (PathTooLongException). The disk is full (IOException). I have a C# class that I have inherited. I have successfully 'built' the object. But I need to serialize the object to XML. Is there an easy way to do it? It looks like the class has been set up for.

usingSystem;
usingSystem.IO;
usingSystem.Text;
usingSystem.Xml;
usingSystem.Xml.Serialization;
namespaceHeiswayiNrird.Utility.Common
{
publicstaticclassXmlHelper
{
/// <summary>
/// Serialize a serializable object to XML string.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparamname='T'>Type of object</typeparam>
/// <paramname='xmlObject'>Type of object</param>
/// <paramname='useNamespaces'>Use of XML namespaces</param>
/// <returns>XML string</returns>
publicstaticstringSerializeToXmlString<T>(TxmlObject, booluseNamespaces=true)
{
XmlSerializerxmlSerializer=newXmlSerializer(typeof(T));
MemoryStreammemoryStream=newMemoryStream();
XmlTextWriterxmlTextWriter=newXmlTextWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8);
xmlTextWriter.Formatting=Formatting.Indented;
if (useNamespaces)
{
XmlSerializerNamespacesxmlSerializerNamespaces=newXmlSerializerNamespaces();
xmlSerializerNamespaces.Add('', '');
xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, xmlObject, xmlSerializerNamespaces);
}
else
xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, xmlObject);
stringoutput=Encoding.UTF8.GetString(memoryStream.ToArray());
string_byteOrderMarkUtf8=Encoding.UTF8.GetString(Encoding.UTF8.GetPreamble());
if (output.StartsWith(_byteOrderMarkUtf8))
{
output=output.Remove(0, _byteOrderMarkUtf8.Length);
}
returnoutput;
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialize a serializable object to XML string and create a XML file.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparamname='T'>Type of object</typeparam>
/// <paramname='xmlObject'>Type of object</param>
/// <paramname='filename'>XML filename with .XML extension</param>
/// <paramname='useNamespaces'>Use of XML namespaces</param>
publicstaticvoidSerializeToXmlFile<T>(TxmlObject, stringfilename, booluseNamespaces=true)
{
try
{
File.WriteAllText(filename, SerializeToXmlString<T>(xmlObject, useNamespaces));
}
catch
{
thrownewException();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialize XML string to an object.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparamname='T'>Type of object</typeparam>
/// <paramname='xml'>XML string</param>
/// <returns>XML-deserialized object</returns>
publicstaticTDeserializeFromXmlString<T>(stringxml) whereT : new()
{
TxmlObject=newT();
XmlSerializerxmlSerializer=newXmlSerializer(typeof(T));
StringReaderstringReader=newStringReader(xml);
xmlObject= (T)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(stringReader);
returnxmlObject;
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialize XML string from XML file to an object.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparamname='T'>Type of object</typeparam>
/// <paramname='filename'>XML filename with .XML extension</param>
/// <returns>XML-deserialized object</returns>
publicstaticTDeserializeFromXmlFile<T>(stringfilename) whereT : new()
{
if (!File.Exists(filename))
{
thrownewFileNotFoundException();
}
returnDeserializeFromXmlString<T>(File.ReadAllText(filename));
}
}
}
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We just need to return the de-serialized object, so I think below code should be better:

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This example writes the object from a class to an XML file using the XmlSerializer class.

Example

Compiling the Code

The class being serialized must have a public constructor without parameters.

Serialize Xml File

Robust Programming

The following conditions may cause an exception:

  • The class being serialized does not have a public, parameterless constructor.

  • The file exists and is read-only (IOException).

  • The path is too long (PathTooLongException).

  • The disk is full (IOException).

.NET Framework Security

Xml

C# Xml Serialize To File

This example creates a new file, if the file does not already exist. If an application needs to create a file, that application needs Create access for the folder. If the file already exists, the application needs only Write access, a lesser privilege. Where possible, it is more secure to create the file during deployment, and only grant Read access to a single file, rather than Create access for a folder.

Xml To C# Class

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