Sidestepping the question somewhat, but you could use XSLT to transform from the serialized objects to your particular XML format.
G. -- Graeme Foster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Principal Software Engineer Aston Broadcast Systems Ltd. (http://www.aston.tv) Disclaimer: I really don't have a clue what I'm on about. -----Original Message----- From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sam Gentile Sent: 24 April 2002 12:52 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Some Basic XML "Serialization" Questions I admit to not having done much Serialization stuff so I'm sorry if these questions are basic but they might not be since what I am trying to do is not .NET's standard view of Seriazation. I understand fairly well the use of the [Serializable] attribute and the native Binary IFormatter interface. I understand also that there is XML and SOAP serialization. But all of these seem to serialize to the CLR's view of an object or something with XML Schema types. What I actually have to do is: we have some XML files that we create in our application. They were defined before XML schema and they are not Schema compliant. I have some .NET classes I am defining and I need to put the data/state in them written out to these XML files in a certain format. The trick is I can't just dump .NET's "view" of the objects. The XML files have a certain format. Can I make use of any of XML Serialization or do I just have "pound" XML into the files using classes in System.Xml? In other words, how customizable is the XML serialization? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. ***************************************************************************** The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. It is intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any one or make copies. ** eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content ** ***************************************************************************** You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
