"Loui Mercieca" <l***@gfi.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have created a class, named FormField , which basically contains two
> fields, name and value. I have set the [XmlRoot(ElementName="field",
> Namespace=null)] tag before the class and the field is set as an
> XmlAttribute whil the name as XmlText.
>
> In my main class, i have created an arraylist which contains a collection
> of this class FormField. Basically its:
>
> public void Add( string sName, string sValue )
> {
>    FormField ff = new FormField( sName, sValue );
>    m_alFields.Add( ff );
> }
>
> The problem arise when i try to serialise this collection. For some
> reason, none of the fields are present, only the root element is. The code
> i use is:
>
> XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(FormFieldCollection),
> new System.Type[] { typeof( FormField ) } );
> StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
> serializer.Serialize( writer, this);
>
> [note: FormFieldCollection is the main class]
>
> The result i get is:
>
> <?xml version= "1.0" encoding= "utf-16"?>
>    <fieldsRoot xmlns:xsd= "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi=
> "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" />
>
> Whilst the result i want is:
>
> <?xml version= "1.0" encoding= "utf-16"?>
> <fieldsRoot>
>        <field name = [name]>[value]</field>
> </fieldsRoot>
>
> Furthermore is there a way, to ommit the default namespaces?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

"Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]" <din***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Whilst the result i want is:
>>
>> <?xml version= "1.0" encoding= "utf-16"?>
>> <fieldsRoot>
>>        <field name = [name]>[value]</field>
>> </fieldsRoot>
>>
>
> Loui, you don't show your code for the collection class; I suspect that is
> the problem.  Attached below is some code that does what you want.
>
>> Furthermore is there a way, to ommit the default namespaces?
>
> Yes, the way to do this is explicitly specify a collection of namespaces
> to include in the root element, and in that collection, add a blank
> namespace.
> so,
>
>        XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
>        ns.Add( "", "" );
>        XmlSerializer s1 = new XmlSerializer(typeof(FormFieldCollection));
>        FormFieldCollection fc= new FormFieldCollection();
>         // add elements here ....
>        s1.Serialize(System.Console.Out, fc, ns);
>
> This only works if xsi and xsd are *not* used in your instance.    If
> either one is required, it will appear in the serialized stream.
>
>
> -D
>
> --
> Dino Chiesa
> Microsoft Developer Division
> d i n o c h @  OmitThis . m i c r o s o f t . c o m
>
>
>
> ---- begin code ----
> using System.IO;
> using System.Xml.Serialization;
>
> [XmlRoot(ElementName="field", Namespace=null)]
> public class FormField {
>
>  public FormField() {}
>  public FormField(string Name, string Value) {
>    name= Name;
>    value= Value;
>  }
>  [XmlAttribute]
>  public string name;
>
>  [XmlText]
>  public string value;
> }
>
>
> // here is the collection class
> // Note: cannot use attributes on a type derived from CollectionBase !
> //
> // [XmlRoot("fieldsRoot", Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]
> // [XmlType("fieldsRoot", Namespace="")]
> public class FormFieldCollection : System.Collections.CollectionBase  {
>  public FormFieldCollection() {}
>
>  public int Add(FormField field)
>  {
>    return List.Add(field);
>  }
>
>  public  FormField this[int index]
>  {
>    get { return(( FormField)List[index]); }
>    set { List[index] = value; }
>  }
> }
>
>
>
> namespace Ionic {
>
>  // useful for suppressing the XML Declaration line
>  public class XmlTextWriterFormattedNoDeclaration :
> System.Xml.XmlTextWriter {
>    public XmlTextWriterFormattedNoDeclaration (System.IO.TextWriter w) :
> base(w) { Formatting= System.Xml.Formatting.Indented;}
>    public override void WriteStartDocument () { }
>  }
>
>
>  public class TestDriver {
>
>    static void Main(string[] args) {
>
>      try {
>
>        FormFieldCollection fc= new FormFieldCollection();
>
>        XmlSerializer s1 = new XmlSerializer(typeof(FormFieldCollection));
>
>        // explicitly specify the namespace collection to suppress default
> namespace entries in the root elt:
>        XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
>        ns.Add( "", "" );
>
>
>        fc.Add(new FormField("one", "Remember the human"));
>        fc.Add(new FormField("two", "Adhere to the same standards of
> behavior online that you follow in real life"));
>        fc.Add(new FormField("three", "Know where you are in cyberspace"));
>
>        // use a custom TextWriter to suppress the XML declaration
>
> System.Console.WriteLine("\n============================================\nSerialized:");
>        s1.Serialize(new
> XmlTextWriterFormattedNoDeclaration(System.Console.Out), fc, ns);
>        System.Console.WriteLine("\n");
>
>        // apply a root override (not possible in code attributes on a
> CollectionBase)
>
> System.Console.WriteLine("\n============================================\nSerialized
> using a root override:");
>        XmlRootAttribute xRoot1 = new XmlRootAttribute();
>        xRoot1.Namespace = ""; // "urn:www.example.org";
>        xRoot1.ElementName = "fieldsRoot";
>
>        XmlSerializer s2 = new XmlSerializer(typeof(FormFieldCollection),
> xRoot1);
>
>        s2.Serialize(new
> XmlTextWriterFormattedNoDeclaration(System.Console.Out), fc, ns);
>        System.Console.WriteLine("\n");
>
>      }
>      catch (System.Exception e1) {
>        System.Console.WriteLine("Exception!\n" + e1);
>      }
>    }
>  }
> }
>
> ---- end code ----
>
> "Loui Mercieca" <l***@gfi.com> wrote in message
> news:%23t$7PpIzEHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have created a class, named FormField , which basically contains two
>> fields, name and value. I have set the [XmlRoot(ElementName="field",
>> Namespace=null)] tag before the class and the field is set as an
>> XmlAttribute whil the name as XmlText.
>>
>> In my main class, i have created an arraylist which contains a collection
>> of this class FormField. Basically its:
>>
>> public void Add( string sName, string sValue )
>> {
>>    FormField ff = new FormField( sName, sValue );
>>    m_alFields.Add( ff );
>> }
>>
>> The problem arise when i try to serialise this collection. For some
>> reason, none of the fields are present, only the root element is. The
>> code i use is:
>>
>> XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(FormFieldCollection),
>> new System.Type[] { typeof( FormField ) } );
>> StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
>> serializer.Serialize( writer, this);
>>
>> [note: FormFieldCollection is the main class]
>>
>> The result i get is:
>>
>> <?xml version= "1.0" encoding= "utf-16"?>
>>    <fieldsRoot xmlns:xsd= "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi=
>> "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" />
>>
>> Whilst the result i want is:
>>
>> <?xml version= "1.0" encoding= "utf-16"?>
>> <fieldsRoot>
>>        <field name = [name]>[value]</field>
>> </fieldsRoot>
>>
>> Furthermore is there a way, to ommit the default namespaces?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>
>

"Loui Mercieca" <l***@gfi.com> wrote in message
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> However now i face a new problem. Although i am declaring and
> XmlRootAttribute i am still getting the class name as the the root. What
> am i doing wrong?
>