Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic


' This is the class that will be deserialized.
Public Class OrderedItem
    <XmlElement(Namespace := "http://www.cpandl.com")> _
    Public ItemName As String

    <XmlElement(Namespace := "http://www.cpandl.com")> _
    Public Description As String

    <XmlElement(Namespace := "http://www.cohowinery.com")> _
    Public UnitPrice As Decimal

    <XmlElement(Namespace := "http://www.cpandl.com")> _
    Public Quantity As Integer

    <XmlElement(Namespace := "http://www.cohowinery.com")> _
    Public LineTotal As Decimal

    'A custom method used to calculate price per item.
    Public Sub Calculate()
        LineTotal = UnitPrice * Quantity
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class Test

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim t As New Test()
        ' Read a purchase order.
        t.DeserializeObject("simple.xml")
    End Sub

    Private Sub DeserializeObject(ByVal filename As String)
        Console.WriteLine("Reading with Stream")
        ' Create an instance of the XmlSerializer.
        Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(OrderedItem))
        ' Reading the XML document requires a FileStream.
        Dim reader As New FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open)

        ' Declare an object variable of the type to be deserialized.
        Dim i As OrderedItem

        ' Call the Deserialize method to restore the object's state.
        i = CType(serializer.Deserialize(reader), OrderedItem)

        ' Write out the properties of the object.
        Console.Write(i.ItemName & ControlChars.Tab & _
                      i.Description & ControlChars.Tab & _
                      i.UnitPrice & ControlChars.Tab & _
                      i.Quantity & ControlChars.Tab & _
                      i.LineTotal)
    End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

// This is the class that will be deserialized.
public class OrderedItem
{
   [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public string ItemName;
   [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public string Description;
   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
   public decimal UnitPrice;
   [XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public int Quantity;
   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
   public decimal LineTotal;
   // A custom method used to calculate price per item.
   public void Calculate()
   {
      LineTotal = UnitPrice * Quantity;
   }
}

public class Test
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Test t = new Test();
      // Read a purchase order.
      t.DeserializeObject("simple.xml");
   }

   private void DeserializeObject(string filename)
   {   
      Console.WriteLine("Reading with Stream");
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer.
      XmlSerializer serializer = 
      new XmlSerializer(typeof(OrderedItem));
      // Reading the XML document requires a FileStream.
      Stream reader= new FileStream(filename,FileMode.Open);

      // Declare an object variable of the type to be deserialized.
      OrderedItem i;

      // Call the Deserialize method to restore the object's state.
      i = (OrderedItem) serializer.Deserialize(reader);

      // Write out the properties of the object.
      Console.Write(
      i.ItemName + "\t" +
      i.Description + "\t" +
      i.UnitPrice + "\t" +
      i.Quantity + "\t" +
      i.LineTotal);
   }
}

#using <System.Xml.dll>
#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml::Serialization;

// This is the class that will be deserialized.
public ref class OrderedItem
{
public:

   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cpandl.com")]
   String^ ItemName;

   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cpandl.com")]
   String^ Description;

   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
   Decimal UnitPrice;

   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cpandl.com")]
   int Quantity;

   [XmlElement(Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
   Decimal LineTotal;

   // A custom method used to calculate price per item.
   void Calculate()
   {
      LineTotal = UnitPrice * Quantity;
   }
};

void DeserializeObject( String^ filename )
{
   Console::WriteLine( "Reading with Stream" );

   // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer.
   XmlSerializer^ serializer = gcnew XmlSerializer( OrderedItem::typeid );

   // Reading the XML document requires a FileStream.
   Stream^ reader = gcnew FileStream( filename,FileMode::Open );

   // Declare an object variable of the type to be deserialized.
   OrderedItem^ i;

   // Call the Deserialize method to restore the object's state.
   i = dynamic_cast<OrderedItem^>(serializer->Deserialize( reader ));

   // Write out the properties of the object.
   Console::Write( "{0}\t{1}\t{2}\t{3}\t{4}", i->ItemName, i->Description, i->UnitPrice, i->Quantity, i->LineTotal );
}

int main()
{
   // Read a purchase order.
   DeserializeObject( "simple.xml" );
}

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <OrderedItem xmlns:inventory="http://www.cpandl.com" xmlns:money="http://www.cohowinery.com">
   <inventory:ItemName>Widget</inventory:ItemName>
   <inventory:Description>Regular Widget</inventory:Description>
   <money:UnitPrice>2.3</money:UnitPrice>
   <inventory:Quantity>10</inventory:Quantity>
   <money:LineTotal>23</money:LineTotal>
 </OrderedItem>