XmlDictionaryWriter Class
Represents an abstract class that Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) derives from XmlWriter to do serialization and deserialization.
Assembly: System.Runtime.Serialization (in System.Runtime.Serialization.dll)
System.Xml.XmlWriter
System.Xml.XmlDictionaryWriter
System.IdentityModel.DelegatingXmlDictionaryWriter
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | XmlDictionaryWriter() | Initializes a new instance of the XmlDictionaryWriter class. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | CanCanonicalize | This property always returns false. Its derived classes can override to return true if they support canonicalization. |
![]() | Settings | Gets the XmlWriterSettings object used to create this XmlWriter instance.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteState | When overridden in a derived class, gets the state of the writer.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | XmlLang | When overridden in a derived class, gets the current xml:lang scope.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | XmlSpace |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Close() | When overridden in a derived class, closes this stream and the underlying stream.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() ![]() | CreateBinaryWriter(Stream) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter that writes WCF binary XML format. |
![]() ![]() | CreateBinaryWriter(Stream, IXmlDictionary) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter that writes WCF binary XML format. |
![]() ![]() | CreateBinaryWriter(Stream, IXmlDictionary, XmlBinaryWriterSession) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter that writes WCF binary XML format. |
![]() ![]() | CreateBinaryWriter(Stream, IXmlDictionary, XmlBinaryWriterSession, Boolean) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter that writes WCF binary XML format. |
![]() ![]() | CreateDictionaryWriter(XmlWriter) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter from an existing XmlWriter. |
![]() ![]() | CreateMtomWriter(Stream, Encoding, Int32, String) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter that writes XML in the MTOM format. |
![]() ![]() | CreateMtomWriter(Stream, Encoding, Int32, String, String, String, Boolean, Boolean) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter that writes XML in the MTOM format. |
![]() ![]() | CreateTextWriter(Stream) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter that writes text XML. |
![]() ![]() | CreateTextWriter(Stream, Encoding) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter that writes text XML. |
![]() ![]() | CreateTextWriter(Stream, Encoding, Boolean) | Creates an instance of XmlDictionaryWriter that writes text XML. |
![]() | Dispose() | |
![]() | Dispose(Boolean) | |
![]() | EndCanonicalization() | When implemented by a derived class, it stops the canonicalization started by the matching StartCanonicalization call. |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize() | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Flush() | When overridden in a derived class, flushes whatever is in the buffer to the underlying streams and also flushes the underlying stream.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | FlushAsync() | Asynchronously flushes whatever is in the buffer to the underlying streams and also flushes the underlying stream.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | LookupPrefix(String) | When overridden in a derived class, returns the closest prefix defined in the current namespace scope for the namespace URI.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | StartCanonicalization(Stream, Boolean, String[]) | When implemented by a derived class, it starts the canonicalization. |
![]() | ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, Boolean[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Boolean array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, DateTime[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a DateTime array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, Decimal[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Decimal array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, Double[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Double array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, Guid[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Guid array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, Int16[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Int16 array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, Int32[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Int32 array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, Int64[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Int64 array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, Single[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Single array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, String, String, TimeSpan[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a TimeSpan array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, Boolean[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Boolean array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, DateTime[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a DateTime array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, Decimal[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Decimal array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, Double[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Double array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, Guid[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Guid array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, Int16[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Int16 array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, Int32[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Int32 array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, Int64[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Int64 array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, Single[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a Single array. |
![]() | WriteArray(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, TimeSpan[], Int32, Int32) | Writes nodes from a TimeSpan array. |
![]() | WriteAttributes(XmlReader, Boolean) | |
![]() | WriteAttributesAsync(XmlReader, Boolean) | |
![]() | WriteAttributeString(String, String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out the attribute with the specified local name and value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteAttributeString(String, String, String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes an attribute with the specified local name, namespace URI, and value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteAttributeString(String, String, String, String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out the attribute with the specified prefix, local name, namespace URI, and value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteAttributeString(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, String) | Writes an attribute qualified name and value. |
![]() | WriteAttributeString(XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, String) | Writes an attribute qualified name and value. |
![]() | WriteAttributeStringAsync(String, String, String, String) | Asynchronously writes out the attribute with the specified prefix, local name, namespace URI, and value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteBase64(Byte[], Int32, Int32) | When overridden in a derived class, encodes the specified binary bytes as Base64 and writes out the resulting text.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteBase64Async(Byte[], Int32, Int32) | Asynchronously encodes the specified binary bytes as Base64 and writes out the resulting text.(Overrides XmlWriter.WriteBase64Async(Byte[], Int32, Int32).) |
![]() | WriteBinHex(Byte[], Int32, Int32) | When overridden in a derived class, encodes the specified binary bytes as BinHex and writes out the resulting text.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteBinHexAsync(Byte[], Int32, Int32) | Asynchronously encodes the specified binary bytes as BinHex and writes out the resulting text.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteCData(String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out a <![CDATA[...]]> block containing the specified text.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteCDataAsync(String) | Asynchronously writes out a <![CDATA[...]]> block containing the specified text.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteCharEntity(Char) | When overridden in a derived class, forces the generation of a character entity for the specified Unicode character value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteCharEntityAsync(Char) | Asynchronously forces the generation of a character entity for the specified Unicode character value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteChars(Char[], Int32, Int32) | When overridden in a derived class, writes text one buffer at a time.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteCharsAsync(Char[], Int32, Int32) | Asynchronously writes text one buffer at a time.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteComment(String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out a comment <!--...--> containing the specified text.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteCommentAsync(String) | Asynchronously writes out a comment <!--...--> containing the specified text.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteDocType(String, String, String, String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes the DOCTYPE declaration with the specified name and optional attributes.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteDocTypeAsync(String, String, String, String) | Asynchronously writes the DOCTYPE declaration with the specified name and optional attributes.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteElementString(String, String) | Writes an element with the specified local name and value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteElementString(String, String, String) | Writes an element with the specified local name, namespace URI, and value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteElementString(String, String, String, String) | Writes an element with the specified prefix, local name, namespace URI, and value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteElementString(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, String) | Writes an element with a text content. |
![]() | WriteElementString(XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString, String) | Writes an element with a text content. |
![]() | WriteElementStringAsync(String, String, String, String) | Asynchronously writes an element with the specified prefix, local name, namespace URI, and value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteEndAttribute() | When overridden in a derived class, closes the previous WriteStartAttribute call.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteEndAttributeAsync() | Asynchronously closes the previous WriteStartAttribute call.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteEndDocument() | When overridden in a derived class, closes any open elements or attributes and puts the writer back in the Start state.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteEndDocumentAsync() | Asynchronously closes any open elements or attributes and puts the writer back in the Start state.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteEndElement() | When overridden in a derived class, closes one element and pops the corresponding namespace scope.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteEndElementAsync() | Asynchronously closes one element and pops the corresponding namespace scope.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteEntityRef(String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out an entity reference as &name;.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteEntityRefAsync(String) | Asynchronously writes out an entity reference as &name;.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteFullEndElement() | When overridden in a derived class, closes one element and pops the corresponding namespace scope.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteFullEndElementAsync() | Asynchronously closes one element and pops the corresponding namespace scope.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteName(String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out the specified name, ensuring it is a valid name according to the W3C XML 1.0 recommendation (http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210#NT-Name).(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteNameAsync(String) | Asynchronously writes out the specified name, ensuring it is a valid name according to the W3C XML 1.0 recommendation (http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210#NT-Name).(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteNmToken(String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out the specified name, ensuring it is a valid NmToken according to the W3C XML 1.0 recommendation (http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210#NT-Name).(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteNmTokenAsync(String) | Asynchronously writes out the specified name, ensuring it is a valid NmToken according to the W3C XML 1.0 recommendation (http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-xml-19980210#NT-Name).(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteNode(XmlDictionaryReader, Boolean) | Writes the current XML node from an XmlDictionaryReader. |
![]() | WriteNode(XmlReader, Boolean) | Writes the current XML node from an XmlReader.(Overrides XmlWriter.WriteNode(XmlReader, Boolean).) |
![]() | WriteNode(XPathNavigator, Boolean) | Copies everything from the XPathNavigator object to the writer. The position of the XPathNavigator remains unchanged.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteNodeAsync(XmlReader, Boolean) | Asynchronously copies everything from the reader to the writer and moves the reader to the start of the next sibling.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteNodeAsync(XPathNavigator, Boolean) | Asynchronously copies everything from the XPathNavigator object to the writer. The position of the XPathNavigator remains unchanged.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteProcessingInstruction(String, String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out a processing instruction with a space between the name and text as follows: <?name text?>.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteProcessingInstructionAsync(String, String) | Asynchronously writes out a processing instruction with a space between the name and text as follows: <?name text?>.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteQualifiedName(String, String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out the namespace-qualified name. This method looks up the prefix that is in scope for the given namespace.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteQualifiedName(XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString) | Writes out the namespace-qualified name. This method looks up the prefix that is in scope for the given namespace. |
![]() | WriteQualifiedNameAsync(String, String) | Asynchronously writes out the namespace-qualified name. This method looks up the prefix that is in scope for the given namespace.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteRaw(Char[], Int32, Int32) | When overridden in a derived class, writes raw markup manually from a character buffer.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteRaw(String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes raw markup manually from a string.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteRawAsync(Char[], Int32, Int32) | Asynchronously writes raw markup manually from a character buffer.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteRawAsync(String) | Asynchronously writes raw markup manually from a string.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartAttribute(String) | Writes the start of an attribute with the specified local name.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartAttribute(String, String) | Writes the start of an attribute with the specified local name and namespace URI.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartAttribute(String, String, String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes the start of an attribute with the specified prefix, local name, and namespace URI.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartAttribute(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString) | Writes the start of an attribute with the specified prefix, local name, and namespace URI. |
![]() | WriteStartAttribute(XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString) | Writes the start of an attribute with the specified local name, and namespace URI. |
![]() | WriteStartAttributeAsync(String, String, String) | Asynchronously writes the start of an attribute with the specified prefix, local name, and namespace URI.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartDocument() | When overridden in a derived class, writes the XML declaration with the version "1.0".(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartDocument(Boolean) | When overridden in a derived class, writes the XML declaration with the version "1.0" and the standalone attribute.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartDocumentAsync() | Asynchronously writes the XML declaration with the version "1.0".(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartDocumentAsync(Boolean) | Asynchronously writes the XML declaration with the version "1.0" and the standalone attribute.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartElement(String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out a start tag with the specified local name.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartElement(String, String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes the specified start tag and associates it with the given namespace.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartElement(String, String, String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes the specified start tag and associates it with the given namespace and prefix.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteStartElement(String, XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString) | Writes the specified start tag and associates it with the given namespace and prefix. |
![]() | WriteStartElement(XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString) | Writes the specified start tag and associates it with the given namespace. |
![]() | WriteStartElementAsync(String, String, String) | Asynchronously writes the specified start tag and associates it with the given namespace and prefix.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteString(String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes the given text content.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteString(XmlDictionaryString) | Writes the given text content. |
![]() | WriteStringAsync(String) | Asynchronously writes the given text content.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteSurrogateCharEntity(Char, Char) | When overridden in a derived class, generates and writes the surrogate character entity for the surrogate character pair.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteSurrogateCharEntityAsync(Char, Char) | Asynchronously generates and writes the surrogate character entity for the surrogate character pair.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteTextNode(XmlDictionaryReader, Boolean) | Writes the text node that an XmlDictionaryReader is currently positioned on. |
![]() | WriteValue(Boolean) | |
![]() | WriteValue(DateTime) | |
![]() | WriteValue(DateTimeOffset) | Writes a DateTimeOffset value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteValue(Decimal) | |
![]() | WriteValue(Double) | |
![]() | WriteValue(Guid) | Writes a Guid value. |
![]() | WriteValue(Int32) | |
![]() | WriteValue(Int64) | |
![]() | WriteValue(IStreamProvider) | Writes a value from an IStreamProvider. |
![]() | WriteValue(Object) | Writes the object value.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteValue(Single) | Writes a single-precision floating-point number.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteValue(String) | |
![]() | WriteValue(TimeSpan) | Writes a TimeSpan value. |
![]() | WriteValue(UniqueId) | Writes a Unique Id value. |
![]() | WriteValue(XmlDictionaryString) | Writes a XmlDictionaryString value. |
![]() | WriteValueAsync(IStreamProvider) | Asynchronously writes a value from an IStreamProvider. |
![]() | WriteWhitespace(String) | When overridden in a derived class, writes out the given white space.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteWhitespaceAsync(String) | Asynchronously writes out the given white space.(Inherited from XmlWriter.) |
![]() | WriteXmlAttribute(String, String) | Writes a standard XML attribute in the current node. |
![]() | WriteXmlAttribute(XmlDictionaryString, XmlDictionaryString) | Writes an XML attribute in the current node. |
![]() | WriteXmlnsAttribute(String, String) | Writes a namespace declaration attribute. |
![]() | WriteXmlnsAttribute(String, XmlDictionaryString) | Writes a namespace declaration attribute. |
You can derive from this class to do other functions than serialization.
Note that there is a known issue with the normalization of linefeed characters inside of CDATA sections that you may encounter.
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 3.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.



