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This tag refers to serialization technologies which use XML as a data format.

This tag refers to serialization technologies which use XML as a data format. In the context of .NET, it refers to the XmlSerializer class, less so to the DataContractSerializer class, still less to the SoapFormatter class.

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Why are properties without a setter not serialized

I have a serializable class and one of the properties in my class generates a Guid in the getter. The property implements no setter and is ignores during serialization. Why is that and do I always have to implement a setter in order for my property…
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How can I make the xmlserializer only serialize plain xml?

I need to get plain xml, without the at the beginning and xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" in first element from XmlSerializer. How can I do…
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Checking if an object is a number

I'd like to check if an object is a number so that .ToString() would result in a string containing digits and +, -, . Is it possible by simple type checking in .NET? Like: if (p is Number) Or should I convert to string, then try parsing to…
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Using StringWriter for XML Serialization

I'm currently searching for an easy way to serialize objects (in C# 3). I googled some examples and came up with something like: MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream ( ); XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer ( typeof ( MyObject)…
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How do you serialize a string as CDATA using XmlSerializer?

Is it possible via an attribute of some sort to serialize a string as CDATA using the .Net XmlSerializer?
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Force XmlSerializer to serialize DateTime as 'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss'

I have a XSD schema for some RESTful service. When used in conjunction with xsd.exe tool to generate C# code, XSD's xs:date generates the following code: [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Form=System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified,…
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XML Serialization and Inherited Types

Following on from my previous question I have been working on getting my object model to serialize to XML. But I have now run into a problem (quelle surprise!). The problem I have is that I have a collection, which is of a abstract base class type,…
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How do I serialize an enum value as an int?

I want to serialize my enum-value as an int, but i only get the name. Here is my (sample) class and enum: public class Request { public RequestType request; } public enum RequestType { Booking = 1, Confirmation = 2, PreBooking = 4, …
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How can I rename class-names via Xml attributes?

Suppose I have an XML-serializable class called Song: [Serializable] class Song { public string Artist; public string SongTitle; } In order to save space (and also semi-obfuscate the XML file), I decide to rename the xml…
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Serialize Property as Xml Attribute in Element

I have the following class: [Serializable] public class SomeModel { [XmlElement("SomeStringElementName")] public string SomeString { get; set; } [XmlElement("SomeInfoElementName")] public int SomeInfo { get; set; } } Which (when…
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JAXB: How to ignore namespace during unmarshalling XML document?

My schema specifies a namespace, but the documents don't. What's the simplest way to ignore namespace during JAXB unmarshalling (XML -> object)? In other words, I have instead of,
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XML Serialize generic list of serializable objects

Can I serialize a generic list of serializable objects without having to specify their type. Something like the intention behind the broken code below: List serializableList = new List(); XmlSerializer xmlSerializer =…
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Why isn't there an XML-serializable dictionary in .NET?

I need an XML-serializable dictionary. Actually, I now have two quite different programs that need one. I was rather surprised to see that .NET doesn't have one. Can someone enlighten me, given how dependent various .NET features are on XML…
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Deciding on when to use XmlDocument vs XmlReader

I'm optimizing a custom object -> XML serialization utility, and it's all done and working and that's not the issue. It worked by loading a file into an XmlDocument object, then recursively going through all the child nodes. I figured that perhaps…
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Ignore a property during xml serialization but not during deserialization

In C#, how can I make XmlSerializer ignore a property during serialization but not during deserialization? (Or how do I do the same with Json.net?) To prevent a property from being serialized, you can add the XmlIgnore attribute: [XmlIgnore] public…
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