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XmlArrayItemAttribute::DataType Property

 

Gets or sets the XML data type of the generated XML element.

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

public:
property String^ DataType {
	String^ get();
	void set(String^ value);
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

An XML schema definition (XSD) data type, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3.org) document "XML Schema Part 2: DataTypes".

The following table lists the XML Schema simple data types with their .NET equivalents.

For the XML Schema base64Binary and hexBinary data types, use an array of Byte objects, and apply an XmlArrayItemAttribute with the DataType property set to "base64Binary" or "hexBinary", as appropriate. For the XML Schema time and date data types, use the DateTime type and apply the XmlArrayItemAttribute with the DataType set to "date" or "time".

For every XML Schema type that is mapped to a string, apply the XmlArrayItemAttribute with its DataType property set to the XML Schema type. However, this does not change the serialization format, only the schema for the member.

System_CAPS_noteNote

The property is case-sensitive, so you must set it exactly to one of the XML Schema data types.

System_CAPS_noteNote

Passing binary data as an XML element is more efficient then passing it as an XML attribute.

For more information about XML Schema data types, see the World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3.org) document "XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes."

XSD data type

.NET data type

anyURI

String

base64Binary

Array of Byte objects

boolean

Boolean

byte

SByte

date

DateTime

dateTime

DateTime

decimal

Decimal

double

Double

ENTITY

String

ENTITIES

String

float

Single

gDay

String

gMonth

String

gMonthDay

String

gYear

String

gYearMonth

String

hexBinary

Array of Byte objects

ID

String

IDREF

String

IDREFS

String

int

Int32

integer

String

language

String

long

Int64

Name

String

NCName

String

negativeInteger

String

NMTOKEN

String

NMTOKENS

String

normalizedString

String

nonNegativeInteger

String

nonPositiveInteger

String

NOTATION

String

positiveInteger

String

QName

XmlQualifiedName

duration

String

string

String

short

Int16

time

DateTime

token

String

unsignedByte

Byte

unsignedInt

UInt32

unsignedLong

UInt64

unsignedShort

UInt16

The following example serializes a class named PurchaseOrder. Several instances of the XmlArrayItemAttribute class are applied to three members, and the DataType property for each instance is set to a type allowed in the array.

#using <System.dll>
#using <System.xml.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Xml;
using namespace System::Xml::Serialization;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Xml::Schema;
public ref class Item
{
public:
   String^ ItemID;
   Item(){}

   Item( String^ id )
   {
      ItemID = id;
   }
};

public ref class NewItem: public Item
{
public:
   String^ Category;
   NewItem(){}

   NewItem( String^ id, String^ cat )
   {
      ItemID = id;
      Category = cat;
   }
};

public ref class PurchaseOrder
{
public:

   [XmlArrayItem(DataType="gMonth",
   ElementName="MyMonths",
   Namespace="http://www.cohowinery.com")]
   array<String^>^Months;

   [XmlArrayItem(Item::typeid),XmlArrayItem(NewItem::typeid)]
   array<Item^>^Items;

   [XmlArray(IsNullable=true)]
   [XmlArrayItem(String::typeid),
   XmlArrayItem(Double::typeid),
   XmlArrayItem(NewItem::typeid)]
   array<Object^>^Things;
};

void SerializeObject( String^ filename )
{
   // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class;
   // specify the type of object to serialize.
   XmlSerializer^ serializer = gcnew XmlSerializer( PurchaseOrder::typeid );
   TextWriter^ writer = gcnew StreamWriter( filename );

   // Create a PurchaseOrder and set its properties.
   PurchaseOrder^ po = gcnew PurchaseOrder;
   array<String^>^months = {"March","May","August"};
   po->Months = months;
   array<Item^>^items = {gcnew Item( "a1" ),gcnew NewItem( "b1","book" )};
   po->Items = items;
   array<Object^>^things = {"String",2003.31,gcnew NewItem( "Item100","book" )};
   po->Things = things;

   // Serialize the purchase order, and close the TextWriter.
   serializer->Serialize( writer, po );
   writer->Close();
}

void DeserializeObject( String^ filename )
{
   // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class;
   // specify the type of object to be deserialized.
   XmlSerializer^ serializer = gcnew XmlSerializer( PurchaseOrder::typeid );

   // A FileStream is needed to read the XML document.
   FileStream^ fs = gcnew FileStream( filename,FileMode::Open );

   // Declare an object variable of the type to be deserialized.
   PurchaseOrder^ po;

   /* Use the Deserialize method to restore the object's state with
      data from the XML document. */
   po = safe_cast<PurchaseOrder^>(serializer->Deserialize( fs ));
   for ( int i = 0; i < po->Months->Length; ++i )
      Console::WriteLine( po->Months[ i ] );
   for ( int i = 0; i < po->Items->Length; ++i )
      Console::WriteLine( po->Items[ i ]->ItemID );
   for ( int i = 0; i < po->Things->Length; ++i )
      Console::WriteLine( po->Things[ i ] );
}

int main()
{
   // Read and write purchase orders.
   SerializeObject(  "ArrayItemEx.xml" );
   DeserializeObject(  "ArrayItemEx.xml" );
}

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
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Available since 1.1
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Supported in: portable .NET platforms
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Available since 2.0
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Available since 7.0
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