Thank you. This is very helpful.
>From: Alex DeJarnatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: dotnet discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Some Basic XML "Serialization" Questions >Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:22:00 -0700 > >Sam, I don't really have anything new to add but can comment on the good >suggestions already raised. > >* the XmlSerializer allows a great deal of customizability (using >attributes) but only based on schema, so that might not help you. As >suggested before one approach might be to get the xml instances as close >to your target format as you can using the XmlSerializer then apply a >simple XSLT to finish the job. >* you wrote that it'd be too much work to come up with a schema for your >format and you don't even know if it's schema-describable anyway. One >easy way to investigate this further is to try a schema inference tool. >I believe if you run xsd.exe on an xml file it will attempt to create a >schema for it as best it can. Who knows, maybe your xml format *is* >schema-describable! If it is then you can feed the schema into xsd.exe >/c to get XmlSerializer-ready classes. >* the IXmlSerializable interface is doc'd as "for internal use only" or >something like that. This is because it's not fully functional for web >services and is used only to support Dataset. If you don't care about >schema (and if you've reached this option you've concluded that you >don't) you should be able to use the ReadXml and WriteXml methods >without trouble to do custom serialization in whatever format you want. > >hope this helps >alex > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Sam Gentile [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:50 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Some Basic XML "Serialization" Questions > >Yes, I think so as long as they don't have to do anything with a schema. >This predates schema and there just is way too much work to make a >schema. I >just want to take the stuff in the C# classes and "spit it out" into the >XML >files in the format that they require. They have certain elements and >order, >etc. I know I am being vague but I don't want to post the files. > > > >From: Jeremy Hopkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: dotnet discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [DOTNET] Some Basic XML "Serialization" Questions > >Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:10:38 -0700 > > > >Have you tried implemententing >System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable > > > >You can then serialise and deserialise in whatever way you want. > >Return null or nothing from GetSchema(), and you're away. > > > >You now have the two functions ReadXml and WriteXml to play with > >which recieve System.Xml.XmlReader and System.Xml.XmlWriter > >respectively. > > > >The you can read and write in pretty much anyway you want, > >is that the kind of thing you are after? > > > > > >Jeremy > > > > >>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. > > > >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, >or > >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > > > > >--------------------- >Sam Gentile >.NET Consultant >Co-author: Wrox Visual C++ .NET: A primer for C++ developers >BLOG: http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/ >http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/DotNet.htm >http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/ >--------------------------- > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, >or >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. > >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. --------------------- Sam Gentile .NET Consultant Co-author: Wrox Visual C++ .NET: A primer for C++ developers BLOG: http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/ http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/DotNet.htm http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/ --------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
