public void TestSerializeCollectionWithXmlElementAttribute()
{
// the rule is:
// if no type is specified or the specified type
// matches the contents of the collection,
// serialize each element in an element named after the member.
// if the type does not match, or matches the collection itself,
// create a base wrapping element for the member, and then
// wrap each collection item in its own wrapping element based on type.
XmlAttributeOverrides overrides = new XmlAttributeOverrides();
XmlAttributes attr = new XmlAttributes();
XmlElementAttribute element = new XmlElementAttribute();
attr.XmlElements.Add(element);
overrides.Add(typeof(StringCollectionContainer), "Messages", attr);
// empty collection & no type info in XmlElementAttribute
StringCollectionContainer container = new StringCollectionContainer();
Serialize(container, overrides);
AssertEquals(Infoset("<StringCollectionContainer xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' />"), WriterText);
// non-empty collection & no type info in XmlElementAttribute
container.Messages.Add("hello");
Serialize(container, overrides);
AssertEquals (Infoset("<StringCollectionContainer xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'><Messages>hello</Messages></StringCollectionContainer>"), WriterText);
// non-empty collection & only type info in XmlElementAttribute
element.Type = typeof(StringCollection);
Serialize(container, overrides);
AssertEquals (Infoset("<StringCollectionContainer xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'><Messages><string>hello</string></Messages></StringCollectionContainer>"), WriterText);
// non-empty collection & only type info in XmlElementAttribute
element.Type = typeof(string);
Serialize(container, overrides);
AssertEquals(Infoset("<StringCollectionContainer xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'><Messages>hello</Messages></StringCollectionContainer>"), WriterText);
// two elements
container.Messages.Add("goodbye");
element.Type = null;
Serialize(container, overrides);
AssertEquals(Infoset("<StringCollectionContainer xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'><Messages>hello</Messages><Messages>goodbye</Messages></StringCollectionContainer>"), WriterText);
}
public void TestSerializePlainContainer()
{
StringCollectionContainer container = new StringCollectionContainer();
Serialize(container);
AssertEquals(Infoset("<StringCollectionContainer xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'><Messages /></StringCollectionContainer>"), WriterText);
container.Messages.Add("hello");
container.Messages.Add("goodbye");
Serialize(container);
AssertEquals(Infoset("<StringCollectionContainer xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'><Messages><string>hello</string><string>goodbye</string></Messages></StringCollectionContainer>"), WriterText);
}