I would like to serialize a class to XML.  The format of the XML is
fixed (see below).  It only needs to be serialized - it is read by
another application.

I know I can do it manually using XMLTextWriter - e.g.

Dim xwriter = New
XmlTextWriter("C:\Projects\Formflo\WindowsService\NDde\test.xml",
System.Text.Encoding.UTF8)
xwriter.Formatting = Formatting.Indented
xwriter.Indentation = 4

xwriter.WriteStartDocument(True)

'Write an element (this one is the root).
xwriter.WriteStartElement("PRODTICKER")
xwriter.WriteStartElement("COUNTERDISPLAY")
xwriter.WriteStartElement("COUNTERITEM")


However, I would like to make it a bit more "elegant" and create a
Serializable class.  The actual values in the document
("CURRENTSHIFTDISPLAY", "3471") are coming from a DDE feed (please
don't ask!)

I guess what I'm asking (and I've looked for the answers but can't find
them is:

How do you serialize this to retain the "nestedness" - i.e. the
structure?

How do you serialize repeating lists?

Thanks

Edward

=============REQUIRED XML====================



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<PRODTICKER>
    <COUNTERDISPLAY>
        <COUNTERITEM>
            <CTITLE>CURRENTSHIFTDISPLAY</CTITLE>
            <CVALUE>3471</CVALUE>
        </COUNTERITEM>
        <COUNTERITEM>
            <CTITLE>CURRENTSHIFTTARGETDISPLAY</CTITLE>
            <CVALUE>4377</CVALUE>
        </COUNTERITEM>
        <COUNTERITEM>
            <CTITLE>LASTSHIFTDISPLAY</CTITLE>
            <CVALUE>8460</CVALUE>
        </COUNTERITEM>
        <COUNTERITEM>
            <CTITLE>SECONDLASTHIFTDISPLAY</CTITLE>
            <CVALUE>7146</CVALUE>
        </COUNTERITEM>
        <COUNTERITEM>
            <CTITLE>THIRDLASTSHIFTDISPLAY</CTITLE>
            <CVALUE>7354</CVALUE>
        </COUNTERITEM>
    </COUNTERDISPLAY>
    <STATUSLIGHTS>
        <STATUSLIGHTITEM>
            <LINENUMBER>6</LINENUMBER>
            <STATUS>1</STATUS>
            <LINEVALUE>366</LINEVALUE>
      </STATUSLIGHTITEM>
      <STATUSLIGHTITEM>
            <LINENUMBER>7</LINENUMBER>
            <STATUS>1</STATUS>
            <LINEVALUE>2</LINEVALUE>
      </STATUSLIGHTITEM>
      <STATUSLIGHTITEM>
            <LINENUMBER>8</LINENUMBER>
            <STATUS>4</STATUS>
            <LINEVALUE>467</LINEVALUE>
      </STATUSLIGHTITEM>
      <STATUSLIGHTITEM>
            <LINENUMBER>9</LINENUMBER>
            <STATUS>2</STATUS>
            <LINEVALUE>790</LINEVALUE>
      </STATUSLIGHTITEM>
      <STATUSLIGHTITEM>
            <LINENUMBER>10</LINENUMBER>
            <STATUS>8</STATUS>
            <LINEVALUE>427</LINEVALUE>
        </STATUSLIGHTITEM>
    </STATUSLIGHTS>
</PRODTICKER>

Those look like ordinary linear (i.e. not nested) property values to me.  So
what you could do is write a node:

theXMLSubNode = m_XML.CreateElement("mySubNode")
theXMLDocument.AppendChild(theXMLSubNodes )

and then set these as attributes:

theXMLAttribute1 = m_XML.CreateAttribute("PRODTICKER")
theXMLAttribute1.Value = "3471"
theXMLSubNode .Attributes.Append(theXMLAttribute1)

theXMLAttribute2 = m_XML.CreateAttribute("COUNTERDISPLAY")
theXMLAttribute2.Value = "1234"
theXMLSubNode .Attributes.Append(theXMLAttribute2)


etc.  The attributes will be "inside" the sub node.  If you want to nest
further, create new sub-nodes and append them to their "parent" nodes.




Robin





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This might help,

http://www.npsoftware.co.uk/Tutorials/tut_data_persistence_XML.php

Check out Serialization at the bottom of the page... should read
"Serialisation" really...

Nick.

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teddysn***@hotmail.com wrote:
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Thanks for the tips, guys.  Got working code and client happy.  ish.

Edward

Pah, clients are never happy!  Nice one.

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