Comments on: Introduction to XML Serialization http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/ Software by Design Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:18:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: C# Serializing Nullable Types by JohnnyCoder http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-2101 C# Serializing Nullable Types by JohnnyCoder Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:56:06 +0000 http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-2101 [...] Introduction to XML Serialization [...] [...] Introduction to XML Serialization [...]

]]> By: Raghu http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-2096 Raghu Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:25:54 +0000 http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-2096 Hi, I have a similar requirement to serialize a Business object into XML and I thought of using the XmlSerializer as well. But after a bit of experimentation i realized that there is no way to serialize properties that are read-only and the only workaround i could find was to have an empty set accessor for these props. Another particular type that i had problem with was TimeSpan. The XmlSerializer had no idea of how to serialize a TimeSpan type. So that means all my classes that have a Timespan prop have to inherit from IXmlSerializable and they must implement the WriteXml function of this interface. Did anyone else ever had a similar situation ? Please let me know. Thanks in anticipation. Hi, I have a similar requirement to serialize a Business object into XML and I thought of using the XmlSerializer as well. But after a bit of experimentation i realized that there is no way to serialize properties that are read-only and the only workaround i could find was to have an empty set accessor for these props. Another particular type that i had problem with was TimeSpan. The XmlSerializer had no idea of how to serialize a TimeSpan type. So that means all my classes that have a Timespan prop have to inherit from IXmlSerializable and they must implement the WriteXml function of this interface. Did anyone else ever had a similar situation ? Please let me know.

Thanks in anticipation.

]]> By: Mytymyky http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-2080 Mytymyky Tue, 20 May 2008 20:59:59 +0000 http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-2080 I came across this page looking for a solution to the problem i'm having and mentioned by Rob. Seems nullable types won't serialize as attributes, only as elements. I use ALOT of nullable types in my apps (not sure its the best way to go, but oh well) and I was trying to add them ás attributes instead of elements (to eliminate part of the tag's overhead) but I've had no luck. For now element's is how it will be... I came across this page looking for a solution to the problem i’m having and mentioned by Rob. Seems nullable types won’t serialize as attributes, only as elements. I use ALOT of nullable types in my apps (not sure its the best way to go, but oh well) and I was trying to add them ás attributes instead of elements (to eliminate part of the tag’s overhead) but I’ve had no luck.

For now element’s is how it will be…

]]> By: rob http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-1146 rob Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:02:20 +0000 http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-1146 Yes, it does handle null properties, but you must mark properties that may be null as such. Properties marked with XmlAttribute are nullable by default. Properties that are Xml elements must be marked like this; [XmlElement( IsNullable=true )] This assumes of course that the property is nullable (a reference, not a value type). I haven't figured out yet how to work with .NET 2.0 nullable types like int? value; Yes, it does handle null properties, but you must mark properties that may be null as such. Properties marked with XmlAttribute are nullable by default. Properties that are Xml elements must be marked like this;

[XmlElement( IsNullable=true )]

This assumes of course that the property is nullable (a reference, not a value type). I haven’t figured out yet how to work with .NET 2.0 nullable types like

int? value;

]]> By: John S. http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-1145 John S. Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:47:18 +0000 http://www.alteridem.net/2007/08/13/introduction-to-xml-serialization/#comment-1145 How does it handle null properties? How does it handle null properties?

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