using System; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Serialization; using System.IO; public class SerializeXml { private static void Main () { CarList catalog = new CarList ( "New List" , DateTime.Now.AddYears ( 1 )) ; Car [] cars = new Car [ 2 ] ; cars [ 0 ] = new Car ( "Car 1" , 12342.99 m ) ; cars [ 1 ] = new Car ( "Car 2" , 21234123.9 m ) ; catalog.Cars = cars; XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer ( typeof ( CarList )) ; FileStream fs = new FileStream ( "CarList.xml" , FileMode.Create ) ; serializer.Serialize ( fs, catalog ) ; fs.Close () ; catalog = null ; // Deserialize the order from the file. fs = new FileStream ( "CarList.xml" , FileMode.Open ) ; catalog = ( CarList ) serializer.Deserialize ( fs ) ; // Serialize the order to the Console window. serializer.Serialize ( Console.Out, catalog ) ; } } [ XmlRoot ( "carList" )] public class CarList { [ XmlElement ( "catalogName" )] public string ListName; // Use the date data type (and ignore the time portion in the serialized XML). [ XmlElement ( ElementName= "expiryDate" , DataType= "date" )] public DateTime ExpiryDate; [ XmlArray ( "cars" )] [ XmlArrayItem ( "car" )] public Car [] Cars; public CarList () { } public CarList ( string catalogName, DateTime expiryDate ) { this .ListName = catalogName; this .ExpiryDate = expiryDate; } } public class Car { [ XmlElement ( "carName" )] public string CarName; [ XmlElement ( "carPrice" )] public decimal CarPrice; [ XmlElement ( "inStock" )] public bool InStock; [ XmlAttributeAttribute ( AttributeName= "id" , DataType= "integer" )] public string Id; public Car () { } public Car ( string carName, decimal carPrice ) { this .CarName = carName; this .CarPrice = carPrice; } }
