Help!!!
I need to create a serializable (xml style) class to write it on a DB field (type memo/text on sql).
This class contains a collection. To understand i have a db of similar things with a Levels field. Here i want store the level structure, style xml.
<Level1 name="">
<level2 name=""></level2>
</Level1>
Give me some indications to write this class and some code to start, please.
Thx
Hi!
You can use this for a start.
public
class Style{
XmlAttribute] public string FontName;[
[
XmlAttribute] public int Color;[
XmlArray] public List<Style> Children = new List<Style>(); public Style FromXml(string fileName){
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
return new XmlSerializer(typeof(Style)).Deserialize(stream) as Style;}
}
public void SaveXml(string fileName){
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
{
new XmlSerializer(typeof(Style)).Serialize(stream, this);}
}
}
In .net framework we get some things for free!
You can use the default serialization:
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer
You can custom the serialization operation using attributes, such as
System.Xml.Serialization.
XmlIgnoreAttributeSystem.Xml.Serialization.
XmlElementAttribute
