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XmlElementAttributes Class

Represents a collection of XmlElementAttribute objects used by the XmlSerializer to override the default way it serializes a class.

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

'Declaration
Public Class XmlElementAttributes _
	Inherits CollectionBase
'Usage
Dim instance As XmlElementAttributes

The XmlElementAttributes is returned by the XmlElements property of the XmlAttributes class. By using the XmlAttributeOverrides class and the XmlAttributes class, you can override the default way that the XmlSerializer serializes a class.

The following example serializes the Transportation class, which contains a single field named Vehicles that returns an ArrayList. The example first applies two instances of the XmlElementAttribute class to the Vehicles field that specifies the types of objects the XmlSerializer inserts into the array. The example then creates two XmlElementAttribute objects to override the behavior of the attributes applied to the Vehicles property. The two overriding objects are added to the XmlElementAttributes collection of an XmlAttributes. Lastly, the example adds the XmlAttributes to an XmlAttributeOverrides, allowing the XmlSerializer to insert the new object types into the ArrayList returned by the Vehicles field.

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


Public Class Transportation
    ' Override these two XmlElementAttributes.
    <XmlElement(GetType(Car)), _
     XmlElement(GetType(Plane))> _
    Public Vehicles As ArrayList
End Class 

Public Class Car
    Public Name As String 
End Class 

Public Class Plane
    Public Name As String 
End Class 

Public Class Truck
    Public Name As String 
End Class 

Public Class Train
    Public Name As String 
End Class 

Public Class Test

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim t As New Test()
        t.SerializeObject("OverrideElement.xml")
    End Sub 


    Public Function CreateOverrider() As XmlSerializer
        ' Create XmlAtrributes and XmlAttributeOverrides instances.  
        Dim attrs As New XmlAttributes()

        Dim xOver As New XmlAttributeOverrides()

        ' Create an XmlElementAttributes object to override 
        ' one of the attributes applied to the Vehicles property.  
        Dim xElement1 As New XmlElementAttribute(GetType(Truck))
        ' Add the XmlElementAttribute to the collection.
        attrs.XmlElements.Add(xElement1)

        ' Create a second XmlElementAttribute and 
        ' add it to the collection.  
        Dim xElement2 As New XmlElementAttribute(GetType(Train))
        attrs.XmlElements.Add(xElement2)

        ' Add the XmlAttributes to the XmlAttributeOverrides, 
        ' specifying the member to override. 
        xOver.Add(GetType(Transportation), "Vehicles", attrs)

        ' Create the XmlSerializer, and return it. 
        Dim xSer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(Transportation), xOver)
        Return xSer
    End Function 


    Public Sub SerializeObject(ByVal filename As String)
        ' Create an XmlSerializer instance. 
        Dim xSer As XmlSerializer = CreateOverrider()

        ' Create the object. 
        Dim myTransportation As New Transportation()

        ' Create two new, overriding objects that can be 
        ' inserted into the Vehicles array. 
        myTransportation.Vehicles = New ArrayList()
        Dim myTruck As New Truck()
        myTruck.Name = "MyTruck" 

        Dim myTrain As New Train()
        myTrain.Name = "MyTrain"

        myTransportation.Vehicles.Add(myTruck)
        myTransportation.Vehicles.Add(myTrain)

        Dim writer As New StreamWriter(filename)
        xSer.Serialize(writer, myTransportation)
    End Sub 
End Class
#using <mscorlib.dll>
#using <System.Xml.dll>
#using <System.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml::Serialization;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Xml;

public __gc class Car
{
public:
   String* Name;
};

public __gc class Plane
{
public:
   String* Name;
};

public __gc class Truck
{
public:
   String* Name;
};

public __gc class Train
{
public:
   String* Name;
};

public __gc class Transportation
{
   // Override these two XmlElementAttributes.
public:
   [XmlElement(__typeof(Car)),
      XmlElement(__typeof(Plane))]
   ArrayList* Vehicles;
};

XmlSerializer* CreateOverrider()
{
   // Create XmlAtrributes and XmlAttributeOverrides instances. 

   XmlAttributes* attrs = new XmlAttributes();

   XmlAttributeOverrides* xOver = 
      new XmlAttributeOverrides();

   /* Create an XmlElementAttributes object to override 
   one of the attributes applied to the Vehicles property. */
   XmlElementAttribute* xElement1 = 
      new XmlElementAttribute(__typeof(Truck));
   // Add the XmlElementAttribute to the collection.
   attrs->XmlElements->Add(xElement1);

   /* Create a second XmlElementAttribute and 
   add it to the collection. */
   XmlElementAttribute* xElement2 = 
      new XmlElementAttribute(__typeof(Train));
   attrs->XmlElements->Add(xElement2);

   /* Add the XmlAttributes to the XmlAttributeOverrides,
   specifying the member to override. */
   xOver->Add(__typeof(Transportation), S"Vehicles", attrs);

   // Create the XmlSerializer, and return it.
   XmlSerializer* xSer = new XmlSerializer
      (__typeof(Transportation), xOver);
   return xSer;
}

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

   // Create the object.
   Transportation* myTransportation = 
      new Transportation();

   /* Create two new, overriding objects that can be
   inserted into the Vehicles array. */
   myTransportation->Vehicles = new ArrayList();
   Truck* myTruck = new Truck();
   myTruck->Name = S"MyTruck";

   Train* myTrain = new Train();
   myTrain->Name = S"MyTrain";

   myTransportation->Vehicles->Add(myTruck);
   myTransportation->Vehicles->Add(myTrain);

   TextWriter* writer = new StreamWriter(filename);
   xSer->Serialize(writer, myTransportation);
}

int main()
{
   SerializeObject(S"OverrideElement.xml");
}

System.Object
  System.Collections.CollectionBase
    System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttributes

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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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.

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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