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XmlAnyAttributeAttribute Constructor

Constructs a new instance of the XmlAnyAttributeAttribute class.

Namespace:  System.Xml.Serialization
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
public XmlAnyAttributeAttribute()

The following example constructs an XmlAnyAttributeAttribute that is used to override the deserialization of an object. To try the example, create a file named UnknownAttributes.xml that contains the following XML:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Group xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" GroupType = 'Technical' GroupNumber = '42' GroupBase = 'Red'>
   <GroupName>MyGroup</GroupName>
 </Group>
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml;

public class Group{
   public string GroupName;
   // The Things array will be used to collect all unknown 
   // attributes found when deserializing. 
   public XmlAttribute[]Things;
}

public class Test{
   static void Main(){
      Test t = new Test();
      t.DeserializeObject("UnknownAttributes.xml");
   }

   private void DeserializeObject(string filename){
      // Use the CreateOverrideSerializer to return an instance 
      // of the XmlSerializer customized for overrides.
      XmlSerializer ser = CreateOverrideSerializer();
      // A FileStream is needed to read the XML document.
      FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
     Group g = (Group)
     	ser.Deserialize(fs);
     fs.Close();
     Console.WriteLine(g.GroupName);
     Console.WriteLine(g.Things.Length);
     foreach(XmlAttribute xAtt in g.Things){
        Console.WriteLine(xAtt.Name + ": " + xAtt.InnerXml);
        }
   }

   private XmlSerializer CreateOverrideSerializer(){
      // Override the Things field to capture all 
      // unknown XML attributes.
      XmlAnyAttributeAttribute myAnyAttribute = 
      new XmlAnyAttributeAttribute();
      XmlAttributeOverrides xOverride = 
      new XmlAttributeOverrides();
      XmlAttributes xAtts = new XmlAttributes();
      xAtts.XmlAnyAttribute=myAnyAttribute;
      xOverride.Add(typeof(Group), "Things", xAtts);

      return new XmlSerializer(typeof(Group) , xOverride);
   }
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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