/// <summary>
/// Writes the contents of this element to the file when implemented in a derived class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="writer">The XmlWriter that writes to the file.</param>
/// <param name="serializeCollectionKey">true to serialize only the collection key properties; otherwise, false.</param>
/// <returns>true if any data was actually serialized; otherwise, false.</returns>
protected internal virtual bool SerializeElement(XmlWriter writer, bool serializeCollectionKey)
{
PreSerialize(writer);
if (serializeCollectionKey)
{
APXmlPropertyCollection props = GetKeyProperties();
foreach (APXmlProperty prop in props)
{
writer.WriteAttributeString(prop.Name, prop.ConvertToString(this[prop.Name]));
}
return(props.Count > 0);
}
bool wroteData = false;
foreach (APXmlPropertyInformation prop in ElementInformation.Properties)
{
if (prop.IsElement || prop.ValueOrigin == APXmlPropertyValueOrigin.Default)
{
continue;
}
if (!object.Equals(prop.Value, prop.DefaultValue))
{
writer.WriteAttributeString(prop.Name, prop.GetStringValue());
wroteData = true;
}
}
foreach (APXmlPropertyInformation prop in ElementInformation.Properties)
{
if (!prop.IsElement)
{
continue;
}
APXmlElement val = prop.Value as APXmlElement;
if (val != null)
{
wroteData = val.SerializeToXmlElement(writer, prop.Name) || wroteData;
}
}
return(wroteData);
}
/// <summary>
/// Overridden. Writes the data to an XML element in the xml file when overridden in a derived class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="writer">Output stream that writes XML to the xml file.</param>
/// <param name="serializeCollectionKey">true to serialize the collection key; otherwise, false.</param>
/// <returns>true if the APXmlElementCollection was written to the xml file successfully.</returns>
protected internal override bool SerializeElement(XmlWriter writer, bool serializeCollectionKey)
{
if (serializeCollectionKey)
{
return(base.SerializeElement(writer, serializeCollectionKey));
}
bool wroteData = false;
for (int i = 0; i < _list.Count; i++)
{
APXmlElement elem = (APXmlElement)_list[i];
elem.SerializeToXmlElement(writer, _addElementName);
}
wroteData = wroteData || _list.Count > 0;
return(wroteData);
}
