/// <summary>
/// Public WriteRootElement() method that serializes a root-level element to XML.
/// The difference between root-level element and the rest elements in the XML is that the root may carry
/// additional information like schema, version, etc. The default implementation just calls Write() method
/// with no RootElementSettings, it's up to the derived implementations to do any additional checks.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serializationContext">Serialization context.</param>
/// <param name="element">ModelElement instance that will be serialized.</param>
/// <param name="writer">XmlWriter to write serialized data to.</param>
/// <param name="options">Serialization options.</param>
public virtual void WriteRootElement(SerializationContext serializationContext, ModelElement element, XmlWriter writer, SerializationOptions options)
{
Write(serializationContext, element, writer, null, options);
}
/// <summary>
/// This methods serializes 1) properties serialized as nested XML elements and 2) child model elements into XML.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serializationContext">Serialization context.</param>
/// <param name="element">ModelElement instance to be serialized.</param>
/// <param name="writer">XmlWriter to write serialized data to.</param>
/// <param name="options">Serialization options.</param>
protected virtual void WriteElements(SerializationContext serializationContext, ModelElement element, XmlWriter writer, SerializationOptions options)
{
}
/// <summary>
/// Write all properties that need to be serialized as XML attributes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serializationContext">Serialization context.</param>
/// <param name="element">ModelElement instance to be serialized.</param>
/// <param name="writer">XmlWriter to write serialized data to.</param>
/// <param name="options">Serialization options.</param>
protected virtual void WritePropertiesAsAttributes(SerializationContext serializationContext, ModelElement element, XmlWriter writer, SerializationOptions options)
{
}
/// <summary> /// Public Write() method that serializes the ModelElement instance associated with this serializer instance into XML. /// </summary> /// <param name="serializationContext">Serialization context.</param> /// <param name="element">ModelElement instance that will be serialized.</param> /// <param name="writer">XmlWriter to write serialized data to.</param> /// <param name="rootElementSettings"></param> /// <param name="options">Serialization options.</param> public abstract void Write(SerializationContext serializationContext, ModelElement element, XmlWriter writer, RootElementSettings rootElementSettings, SerializationOptions options);
/// <summary>
/// Public WriteRootElement() method that serializes a root-level element to XML.
/// The difference between root-level element and the rest elements in the XML is that the root may carry
/// additional information like schema, version, etc. The default implementation just calls Write() method
/// with no RootElementSettings, it's up to the derived implementations to do any additional checks.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serializationContext">Serialization context.</param>
/// <param name="element">ModelElement instance that will be serialized.</param>
/// <param name="writer">XmlWriter to write serialized data to.</param>
/// <param name="options">Serialization options.</param>
public virtual void WriteRootElement(SerializationContext serializationContext, ModelElement element, XmlWriter writer, SerializationOptions options)
{
Write(serializationContext, element, writer, null, options);
}
/// <summary>
/// Write all properties that need to be serialized as XML attributes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serializationContext">Serialization context.</param>
/// <param name="element">ModelElement instance to be serialized.</param>
/// <param name="writer">XmlWriter to write serialized data to.</param>
/// <param name="options">Serialization options.</param>
protected virtual void WritePropertiesAsAttributes(SerializationContext serializationContext, ModelElement element, XmlWriter writer, SerializationOptions options)
{
}
/// <summary>
/// This methods serializes 1) properties serialized as nested XML elements and 2) child model elements into XML.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serializationContext">Serialization context.</param>
/// <param name="element">ModelElement instance to be serialized.</param>
/// <param name="writer">XmlWriter to write serialized data to.</param>
/// <param name="options">Serialization options.</param>
protected virtual void WriteElements(SerializationContext serializationContext, ModelElement element, XmlWriter writer, SerializationOptions options)
{
}
/// <summary> /// Public Write() method that serializes the ModelElement instance associated with this serializer instance into XML. /// </summary> /// <param name="serializationContext">Serialization context.</param> /// <param name="element">ModelElement instance that will be serialized.</param> /// <param name="writer">XmlWriter to write serialized data to.</param> /// <param name="rootElementSettings"></param> /// <param name="options">Serialization options.</param> public abstract void Write(SerializationContext serializationContext, ModelElement element, XmlWriter writer, RootElementSettings rootElementSettings, SerializationOptions options);
