XmlAnyAttributeAttribute Class
Specifies that the member (a field that returns an array of XmlAttribute objects) can contain any XML attributes.
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Use the XmlAnyAttributeAttribute to contain arbitrary data (as XML attributes) that is sent as part of an XML document, such as, metadata sent as part of the document.
Apply the XmlAnyAttributeAttribute to a field that returns an array of XmlAttribute or XmlNode objects. When the Deserialize method of the XmlSerializer class is called, all XML attributes that do not have a corresponding member in the class being deserialized are collected in the array. After deserialization, you can iterate through the collection of XmlAttribute items to process the data.
The UnknownNode and UnknownAttribute events of the XmlSerializer do not occur if you apply the XmlAnyAttributeAttribute to a member of a class.
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You can use the word XmlAnyAttribute in your code instead of the longer XmlAnyAttributeAttribute. |
For more information about using attributes, see Extending Metadata Using Attributes.
The following example collects all unknown attributes into an array of XmlAttribute objects. 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>
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Xml.Serialization Imports System.Xml Public Class Group Public GroupName As String ' The UnknownAttributes array will be used to collect all unknown ' attributes found when deserializing. <XmlAnyAttribute> _ Public UnknownAttributes()As XmlAttribute End Class Public Class Test Shared Sub Main() Dim t As Test = New Test() ' Deserialize the file containing unknown attributes. t.DeserializeObject("UnknownAttributes.xml") End Sub Private Sub DeserializeObject(filename As String) Dim ser As XmlSerializer = New XmlSerializer(GetType(Group)) ' A FileStream is needed to read the XML document. Dim fs As FileStream = New FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open) Dim g As Group = CType(ser.Deserialize(fs), Group) fs.Close() ' Write out the data, including unknown attributes. Console.WriteLine(g.GroupName) Console.WriteLine("Number of unknown attributes: " & _ g.UnknownAttributes.Length) Dim xAtt As XmlAttribute for each xAtt in g.UnknownAttributes Console.WriteLine(xAtt.Name & ": " & xAtt.InnerXml) Next ' Serialize the object again with the attributes added. Me.SerializeObject("AttributesAdded.xml",g) End Sub Private Sub SerializeObject(filename As String, g As object) Dim ser As XmlSerializer = New XmlSerializer(GetType(Group)) DIm writer As TextWriter = New StreamWriter(filename) ser.Serialize(writer, g) writer.Close() End Sub End Class
#using <mscorlib.dll>
#using <System.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml::Serialization;
using namespace System::Xml;
public __gc class Group
{
public:
String* GroupName;
// The UnknownAttributes array will be used to collect all unknown
// attributes found when deserializing.
[XmlAnyAttributeAttribute]
XmlAttribute* XAttributes[];
};
void SerializeObject(String* filename, Object* g)
{
XmlSerializer* ser = new XmlSerializer(__typeof(Group));
TextWriter* writer = new StreamWriter(filename);
ser->Serialize(writer, g);
writer->Close();
}
void DeserializeObject(String* filename)
{
XmlSerializer* ser = new XmlSerializer( __typeof( Group ));
// A FileStream is needed to read the XML document.
FileStream* fs = new FileStream( filename, FileMode::Open );
Group* g = __try_cast<Group*>( ser->Deserialize( fs ));
fs->Close();
// Write out the data, including unknown attributes.
Console::WriteLine(g->GroupName);
Console::WriteLine("Number of unknown attributes: {0}", __box(g->XAttributes->Length));
for ( IEnumerator* e = g->XAttributes->GetEnumerator(); e->MoveNext(); )
{
XmlAttribute* xAtt = __try_cast< XmlAttribute* >( e->Current );
Console::WriteLine( S"{0}: {1}", xAtt->Name, xAtt->InnerXml );
}
// Serialize the object again with the attributes added.
SerializeObject( S"AttributesAdded.xml", g );
}
int main()
{
// Deserialize the file containing unknown attributes.
DeserializeObject("UnknownAttributes.xml");
}
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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