Csharp/C Sharp by API/System.Xml.Serialization/XmlArray

mark XmlArray

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using System; using System.IO; using System.Xml; using System.Xml.Serialization; [XmlRoot("productCatalog")] class ProductCatalog {

   [XmlElement("catalogName")]
   public string CatalogName;
   [XmlElement(ElementName = "expiryDate", DataType = "date")]
   public DateTime ExpiryDate;
   [XmlArray("products")]
   [XmlArrayItem("product")]
   public Product[] Products;
   public ProductCatalog() { }
   public ProductCatalog(string catalogName, DateTime expiryDate) {
       this.CatalogName = catalogName;
       this.ExpiryDate = expiryDate;
   }

} public class Product {

   [XmlElement("productName")]
   public string ProductName;
   [XmlElement("productPrice")]
   public decimal ProductPrice;
   [XmlElement("inStock")]
   public bool InStock;
   [XmlAttributeAttribute(AttributeName = "id", DataType = "integer")]
   public string Id;
   public Product() {}
   public Product(string productName, decimal productPrice) {
       this.ProductName = productName;
       this.ProductPrice = productPrice;
   }

}

public class MainClass {

   private static void Main() {
       ProductCatalog catalog = new ProductCatalog("New Catalog", DateTime.Now.AddYears(1));
       Product[] products = new Product[2];
       products[0] = new Product("Product 1", 42.99m);
       products[1] = new Product("Product 2", 202.99m);
       catalog.Products = products;
       XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ProductCatalog));
       FileStream fs = new FileStream("ProductCatalog.xml", FileMode.Create);
       serializer.Serialize(fs, catalog);
       fs.Close();
       catalog = null;
       fs = new FileStream("ProductCatalog.xml", FileMode.Open);
       catalog = (ProductCatalog)serializer.Deserialize(fs);
       serializer.Serialize(Console.Out, catalog);
   }

}

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