Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml.Serialization


' This is the class that will be serialized. 
Public Class Group
    ' The GroupName value will be serialized--unless it's overridden.
    Public GroupName As String
    
    ' This field will be ignored when serialized--
    '  unless it's overridden.
    <XmlIgnoreAttribute()> Public Comment As String
End Class


Public Class Test
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim t As New Test()
        t.SerializeObject("IgnoreXml.xml")
    End Sub
    
    
    ' Return an XmlSerializer used for overriding.
    Public Function CreateOverrider() As XmlSerializer
        ' Create the XmlAttributeOverrides and XmlAttributes objects.
        Dim xOver As New XmlAttributeOverrides()
        Dim attrs As New XmlAttributes()
        
        ' Setting XmlIgnore to false overrides the XmlIgnoreAttribute
        ' applied to the Comment field. Thus it will be serialized.
        attrs.XmlIgnore = False
        xOver.Add(GetType(Group), "Comment", attrs)
        
        ' Use the XmlIgnore to instruct the XmlSerializer to ignore
        ' the GroupName instead. 
        attrs = New XmlAttributes()
        attrs.XmlIgnore = True
        xOver.Add(GetType(Group), "GroupName", attrs)
        
        Dim xSer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(Group), xOver)
        Return xSer
    End Function
    
    
    Public Sub SerializeObject(ByVal filename As String)
        ' Create an XmlSerializer instance.
        Dim xSer As XmlSerializer = CreateOverrider()
        
        ' Create the object to serialize and set its properties.
        Dim myGroup As New Group()
        myGroup.GroupName = ".NET"
        myGroup.Comment = "My Comment..."
        
        ' Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
        Dim writer As New StreamWriter(filename)
        
        ' Serialize the object and close the TextWriter.
        xSer.Serialize(writer, myGroup)
        writer.Close()
    End Sub
End Class

import System.*;
import System.IO.*;
import System.Xml.Serialization.*;

// This is the class that will be serialized. 
public class Group
{
    // The GroupName value will be serialized--unless it's overridden.
    public String groupName;
    /* This field will be ignored when serialized--
       unless it's overridden. */
    /** @attribute XmlIgnoreAttribute()
     */
    public String comment;
} //Group

public class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Test t = new Test();
        t.SerializeObject("IgnoreXml.xml");
    } //main

    // Return an XmlSerializer used for overriding.
    public XmlSerializer CreateOverrider()
    {
        // Create the XmlAttributeOverrides and XmlAttributes objects.
        XmlAttributeOverrides xOver = new XmlAttributeOverrides();
        XmlAttributes attrs = new XmlAttributes();

        /* Setting XmlIgnore to false overrides the XmlIgnoreAttribute
           applied to the Comment field. Thus it will be serialized.*/
        attrs.set_XmlIgnore(false);
        xOver.Add(Group.class.ToType(), "Comment", attrs);

        /* Use the XmlIgnore to instruct the XmlSerializer to ignore
           the GroupName instead. */
        attrs = new XmlAttributes();
        attrs.set_XmlIgnore(true);
        xOver.Add(Group.class.ToType(), "GroupName", attrs);

        XmlSerializer xSer = new XmlSerializer(Group.class.ToType(), xOver);
        return xSer;
    } //CreateOverrider

    public void SerializeObject(String fileName)
    {
        // Create an XmlSerializer instance.
        XmlSerializer xSer = CreateOverrider();

        // Create the object to serialize and set its properties.
        Group myGroup = new Group();
        myGroup.groupName = ".NET";
        myGroup.comment = "My Comment...";

        // Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
        TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(fileName);

        // Serialize the object and close the TextWriter.
        xSer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
        writer.Close();
    } //SerializeObject
} //Test