XML Serialization is the process of serializing a .Net Object to the form of XML or from an XML to .Net Object. The primary purpose of XML serialization in the .NET Framework is to enable the conversion of XML documents and streams to common language runtime objects and vice versa. This is the process of converting an object into a form that can be readily transported.
During XML serialization, only the public properties and fields of an object are serialized.
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Xml.Serialization ;
using System.IO;
namespace WindowsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
DataTable dt;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Product_ID", Type.GetType("System.Int32")));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Product_Name", Type.GetType("System.String")));
dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("product_Price", Type.GetType("System.Int32")));
fillRows(1, "product1", 9999);
fillRows(2, "product2", 2222);
fillRows(3, "product3", 3333);
fillRows(4, "product4", 4444);
ds.Tables.Add(dt);
ds.Tables[0].TableName = "product";
StreamWriter serialWriter ;
serialWriter = new StreamWriter("serialXML.xml");
XmlSerializer xmlWriter = new XmlSerializer(ds.GetType());
xmlWriter.Serialize(serialWriter, ds);
serialWriter.Close();
ds.Clear();
}
private void fillRows(int pID, string pName, int pPrice)
{
DataRow dr ;
dr = dt.NewRow();
dr["Product_ID"] = pID;
dr["Product_Name"] = pName;
dr["product_Price"] = pPrice;
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
}
}