public void SerializeObject(string filename)
{
Orchestras orchastras = new Orchestras();
Orchestra orchestra1 = new Orchestra();
orchastras.orchestras.Add(orchestra1);
List <Instrument> instruments = new List <Instrument>()
{
new Instrument()
{
Name = "Brass"
},
new Instrument()
{
Name = "Percussion"
}
};
orchestra1.Instruments = instruments;
// Create the XmlSerializer using the XmlAttributeOverrides.
XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Orchestras));
// Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.Indent = true;
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(filename, settings);
// Create the object that will be serialized.
Orchestra band = new Orchestra();
orchastras.orchestras.Add(band);
// Create an object of the derived type.
//Brass i = new Brass();
//i.Name = "Trumpet";
//i.IsValved = true;
//Instrument[] myInstruments = { i };
//band.Instruments = myInstruments;
List <Instrument> myInstruments = new List <Instrument>();
myInstruments.Add(new Brass()
{
Name = "Trumpet", IsValved = true
});
myInstruments.Add(new Percussion()
{
Name = "Percussion", name = "Mridangam"
});
band.Instruments = myInstruments;
band.i = 128;
band.f = 5.678f;
band.s1 = "Hi!";
band.s2 = "GOOD!!!";
B b = new B();
b.dd = 2.35674848;
band.bc = b;
// Serialize the object.
s.Serialize(writer, orchastras);
writer.Close();
}
public void DeserializeObject(string filename)
{
// Create the XmlSerializer using the XmlAttributeOverrides.
XmlSerializer s =
new XmlSerializer(typeof(Orchestras));
FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
Orchestras band = (Orchestras)s.Deserialize(fs);
Console.WriteLine(band.orchestras[1].i);
Console.WriteLine(band.orchestras[1].f);
Console.WriteLine(band.orchestras[1].s1);
Console.WriteLine(band.orchestras[1].s2);
Console.WriteLine(band.orchestras[1].bc.dd);
Console.WriteLine("Brass:");
/* The difference between deserializing the overridden
* XML document and serializing it is this: To read the derived
* object values, you must declare an object of the derived type
* (Brass), and cast the Instrument instance to it. */
//Brass b;
//Percussion p;
Instrument b;
// Percussion p;
//b = (Brass)i;
// int ii = 0;
foreach (Instrument i in band.orchestras[1].Instruments)
//foreach(Instrument i in band.List<Instrument>)
{
// int i = 0;
// ii++;
// if (ii == 1)
// {
b = i;
Console.WriteLine(
b.Name + "\n");
// }
/*if (ii == 2)
* {
* p = (Percussion)i;
* Console.WriteLine(
* p.Name + "\n" +
* p.name);
* }*/
}
}
