static void Main(string[] args)
{
// build array of types we can serialize/deserialize
// uses Linq and Reflection namespaces
Type[] derivedTypes = (from lAssembly in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
from lType in lAssembly.GetTypes()
where typeof(myBaseClass).IsAssignableFrom(lType)
select lType).ToArray();
// build a test object to serialize with XMLIgnore still used
myDerivedClass m = new myDerivedClass();
m.aBoolean = true; // this property is ignored by default
m.derivedString = "test";
// set a file path to serialize to
string testFilePath = "C:\\temp\\test.xml";
// serialzie the object
XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(myBaseClass), derivedTypes);
System.IO.StreamWriter sw = new System.IO.StreamWriter(testFilePath);
x.Serialize(sw, m);
sw.Close();
// deserialize the object
System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(testFilePath);
myBaseClass deserializedObject = (myBaseClass)x.Deserialize(sr);
sr.Close();
// check the object's properties
// aBoolean is false, even though the serialized object m set it to true, because of XmlIgnore
Console.WriteLine("aBoolean = " + deserializedObject.aBoolean.ToString());
// repeat process for the derived class that overrides and does not set XmlIgnore
overrideXmlIgnore o = new overrideXmlIgnore();
o.aBoolean = true;
sw = new System.IO.StreamWriter(testFilePath);
x.Serialize(sw, o);
sw.Close();
sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(testFilePath);
deserializedObject = (myBaseClass)x.Deserialize(sr);
// check the object's properties
// aBoolean is true, as we no longer XmlIgnore
Console.WriteLine("aBoolean = " + deserializedObject.aBoolean.ToString());
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
myDerivedClass myobj = new myDerivedClass(42);
Console.WriteLine(myobj.myInt);
}
