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Serializes an object using a Stream object

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

// This is the class that will be serialized. 
public class OrderedItem
{
   public string ItemName;
   public string Description;
   public decimal UnitPrice;
   public int Quantity;
   public decimal LineTotal;

   // A custom method used to calculate price per item. 
   public void Calculate()
   {
      LineTotal = UnitPrice * Quantity;
   }
}

public class Test{
   public static void Main(string[] args)
   {
      Test t = new Test();
      // Write a purchase order.
      t.SerializeObject("simple.xml");
   }

   private void SerializeObject(string filename)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Writing With Stream");

      XmlSerializer serializer = 
      new XmlSerializer(typeof(OrderedItem));
      OrderedItem i = new OrderedItem();
      i.ItemName = "Widget";
      i.Description = "Regular Widget";
      i.Quantity = 10;
      i.UnitPrice = (decimal) 2.30;
      i.Calculate();

      // Create a FileStream to write with.
      Stream writer = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create);
      // Serialize the object, and close the TextWriter
      serializer.Serialize(writer, i);
      writer.Close();
   }
}


----------
Serializes an object using a TextWriter object

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

// This is the class that will be serialized. 
public class OrderedItem
{
   public string ItemName;
   public string Description;
   public decimal UnitPrice;
   public int Quantity;
   public decimal LineTotal;
   // A custom method used to calculate price per item. 
   public void Calculate()
   {
      LineTotal = UnitPrice * Quantity;
   }
}

public class Test{
   public static void Main(string[] args)
   {
      Test t = new Test();
      // Write a purchase order.
      t.SerializeObject("simple.xml");
   }

  private void SerializeObject(string filename)
  {
      Console.WriteLine("Writing With TextWriter");

      XmlSerializer serializer = 
      new XmlSerializer(typeof(OrderedItem));
      OrderedItem i = new OrderedItem();
      i.ItemName = "Widget";
      i.Description = "Regular Widget";
      i.Quantity = 10;
      i.UnitPrice = (decimal) 2.30;
      i.Calculate();

      /* Create a StreamWriter to write with. First create a FileStream
         object, and create the StreamWriter specifying an Encoding to use. */
      FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create);
      TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(fs, new UTF8Encoding());
      // Serialize using the XmlTextWriter.
      serializer.Serialize(writer, i);
      writer.Close();
   }
}

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <OrderedItem xmlns:inventory="http://www.cpandl.com" xmlns:money="http://www.cohowinery.com">
   <inventory:ItemName>Widget</inventory:ItemName>
   <inventory:Description>Regular Widget</inventory:Description>
   <money:UnitPrice>2.3</money:UnitPrice>
   <inventory:Quantity>10</inventory:Quantity>
   <money:LineTotal>23</money:LineTotal>
 </OrderedItem>


----------
Serializes an object using an XmlWriter

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

// This is the class that will be serialized. 
public class OrderedItem
{
   public string ItemName;
   public string Description;
   public decimal UnitPrice;
   public int Quantity;
   public decimal LineTotal;
   // A custom method used to calculate price per item. 
   public void Calculate()
   {
      LineTotal = UnitPrice * Quantity;
   }
}

public class Test{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Test t = new Test();
      // Write a purchase order.
      t.SerializeObject("simple.xml");
   }

   private void SerializeObject(string filename)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Writing With XmlTextWriter");

      XmlSerializer serializer = 
      new XmlSerializer(typeof(OrderedItem));
      OrderedItem i = new OrderedItem();
      i.ItemName = "Widget";
      i.Description = "Regular Widget";
      i.Quantity = 10;
      i.UnitPrice = (decimal) 2.30;
      i.Calculate();
      // Create an XmlTextWriter using a FileStream.
      Stream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create);
      XmlWriter writer = 
      new XmlTextWriter(fs, Encoding.Unicode);
      // Serialize using the XmlTextWriter.
      serializer.Serialize(writer, i);
      writer.Close();
   }
}

----------
serializes an object with a stream, namespace

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

// This is the class that will be serialized. 
public class OrderedItem {
    [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
    public string ItemName;
    [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
    public string Description;
    [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
    public decimal UnitPrice;
    [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
    public int Quantity;
    [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
    public decimal LineTotal;

    // A custom method used to calculate price per item. 
    public void Calculate() {
        LineTotal = UnitPrice * Quantity;
    }
}

public class Test {

   public static void Main() {
        Test t = new Test();
        // Write a purchase order.
        t.SerializeObject("simple.xml");
        t.DeserializeObject("simple.xml");
   }

   private void SerializeObject(string filename) {
        Console.WriteLine("Writing With Stream");

        XmlSerializer serializer = 
            new XmlSerializer(typeof(OrderedItem));

        OrderedItem i = new OrderedItem();
        i.ItemName = "Widget";
        i.Description = "Regular Widget";
        i.Quantity = 10;
        i.UnitPrice = (decimal) 2.30;
        i.Calculate();

        // Create an XmlSerializerNamespaces object.
        XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();

        // Add two prefix-namespace pairs.
        ns.Add("inventory", "http://www.cpandl.com");
        ns.Add("money", "http://www.cohowinery.com");

        // Create a FileStream to write with.
        Stream writer = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create);

        // Serialize the object, and close the TextWriter
        serializer.Serialize(writer, i, ns);
        writer.Close();
    }

    private void DeserializeObject(string filename) {
        Console.WriteLine("Reading with Stream");
        // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer.
        XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(OrderedItem));

        // Writing the file requires a Stream.
        Stream reader= new FileStream(filename,FileMode.Open);

        // Declare an object variable of the type to be deserialized.
        OrderedItem i;

        /* Use the Deserialize method to restore the object's state 
           using data from the XML document. */
        i = (OrderedItem) serializer.Deserialize(reader);

        // Write out the properties of the object.
        Console.Write(
            i.ItemName + "\t" +
            i.Description + "\t" +
            i.UnitPrice + "\t" +
            i.Quantity + "\t" +
            i.LineTotal);
    }
}

----------
Serializes an object with a TextWriter, NameSpaces

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

// This is the class that will be serialized. 
public class OrderedItem
{
   [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public string ItemName;
   [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public string Description;
   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
   public decimal UnitPrice;
   [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public int Quantity;
   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
   public decimal LineTotal;
   // A custom method used to calculate price per item. 
   public void Calculate()
   {
      LineTotal = UnitPrice * Quantity;
   }
}

public class Test{
   public static void Main(string[] args)
   {
      Test t = new Test();
      // Write a purchase order.
      t.SerializeObject("simple.xml");
   }

   private void SerializeObject(string filename)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Writing With TextWriter");
      // Create an XmlSerializer instance using the type.
      XmlSerializer serializer = 
      new XmlSerializer(typeof(OrderedItem));
      OrderedItem i = new OrderedItem();
      i.ItemName = "Widget";
      i.Description = "Regular Widget";
      i.Quantity = 10;
      i.UnitPrice = (decimal) 2.30;
      i.Calculate();

      // Create an XmlSerializerNamespaces object.
      XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = 
      new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
      // Add two namespaces with prefixes.
      ns.Add("inventory", "http://www.cpandl.com");
      ns.Add("money", "http://www.cohowinery.com");
      // Create a StreamWriter to write with.
      TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);
      /* Serialize using the object using the TextWriter 
      and namespaces. */
      serializer.Serialize(writer, i, ns);
      writer.Close();
   }
}

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <OrderedItem xmlns:inventory="http://www.cpandl.com" xmlns:money="http://www.cohowinery.com">
   <inventory:ItemName>Widget</inventory:ItemName>
   <inventory:Description>Regular Widget</inventory:Description>
   <money:UnitPrice>2.3</money:UnitPrice>
   <inventory:Quantity>10</inventory:Quantity>
   <money:LineTotal>23</money:LineTotal>
 </OrderedItem>

----------
serializes an object with XmlWriter, NameSpaces:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

// This is the class that will be serialized. 
public class OrderedItem
{
   [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public string ItemName;
   [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public string Description;
   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
   public decimal UnitPrice;
   [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public int Quantity;
   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
   public decimal LineTotal;
   // A custom method used to calculate price per item. 
   public void Calculate()
   {
      LineTotal = UnitPrice * Quantity;
   }
}

public class Test{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Test t = new Test();
   // Write a purchase order.
   t.SerializeObject("simple.xml");
   }

   private void SerializeObject(string filename)
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Writing With XmlTextWriter");

      XmlSerializer serializer = 
      new XmlSerializer(typeof(OrderedItem));
      OrderedItem i = new OrderedItem();
      i.ItemName = "Widget";
      i.Description = "Regular Widget";
      i.Quantity = 10;
      i.UnitPrice = (decimal) 2.30;
      i.Calculate();

      // Create an XmlSerializerNamespaces object.
      XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = 
      new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
      // Add two namespaces with prefixes.
      ns.Add("inventory", "http://www.cpandl.com");
      ns.Add("money", "http://www.cohowinery.com");
      // Create an XmlTextWriter using a FileStream.
      Stream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create);
      XmlWriter writer = 
      new XmlTextWriter(fs, new UTF8Encoding());
      // Serialize using the XmlTextWriter.
      serializer.Serialize(writer, i, ns);
      writer.Close();
   }
}