System.Xml.Serialization.SoapAttributeOverrides Class

Summary

Allows you to override property, field, and class attributes when you use an XmlSerializer to serialize or deserialize an object as encoded SOAP.

C# Syntax:

public class SoapAttributeOverrides

The SoapAttributeOverrides class enables an XmlSerializer to override the default way of serializing a set of objects. Overriding serialization in this way has two uses: first, you can control and augment the serialization of objects found in a DLL, even if you don't have access to the source; second, you can create one set of serializable classes, but serialize the objects in multiple ways. For example, instead of serializing members of a class instance as XML elements, you can serialize them as XML attributes, resulting in a more efficient document to transport.

After you create a SoapAttributeOverrides, you create an XmlTypeMapping using the SoapReflectionImporter.ImportTypeMapping method of the SoapReflectionImporter class. Pass the resulting object as an argument to the XmlSerializer.#ctor constructor. The resulting XmlSerializer uses the data contained by the SoapAttributeOverrides to override attributes that control how objects are serialized. To accomplish this goal, the SoapAttributeOverrides contains a collection of the object types that will be overridden, as well as a SoapAttributes associated with each overridden object type. Each SoapAttributes contains an appropriate set of attribute objects that control how each field, property, or class is serialized.

The process for creating and using a SoapAttributeOverrides is as follows:

1. Create a SoapAttributes.
2. Create an attribute object that is appropriate to the object being overridden. For example, to override a field or property, create a SoapElementAttribute, using the new, derived type. You can optionally assign a new SoapElementAttribute.ElementName that will override the base class's attribute name or namespace.
3. Add the attribute object to the appropriate SoapAttributes property or collection. For example, you would set the SoapAttributes.SoapElement property of the SoapAttributes object to the SoapElementAttribute, specifying the member name that is being overridden.
4. Create a SoapAttributeOverrides.
5. Add the the SoapAttributes to the SoapAttributeOverrides using the XmlAttributeOverrides.Add method. If the object being overridden is a SoapTypeAttribute, you need only specify the type of the overridden object. But if you are overriding a field or property, you must also specify the name of the overridden member.
6. Create an XmlTypeMapping using the SoapReflectionImporter.ImportTypeMapping method of the SoapReflectionImporter class.
7. When constructing the XmlSerializer, pass the XmlTypeMapping to the XmlSerializer.#ctor constructor.
8. Use the resulting XmlSerializer to serialize or deserialize the class objects.

The following example serializes a class named Group . The serialization of the GroupName and IgnoreThis fields and the members of the GroupType enumeration are overridden. In the CreateOverrideSerializer method, a SoapAttributeOverrides is created, and for each overridden member or enumeration, a SoapAttributes is created with the appropriate property set and added to the SoapAttributeOverrides. An XmlTypeMapping is created using the SoapAttributeOverrides, and that XmlTypeMapping is used to create the XmlSerializer that overrides the default serialization.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml.Schema;

public class Group
{
   [SoapAttribute (Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public string GroupName;
   
   [SoapAttribute(DataType = "base64Binary")]
   public Byte [] GroupNumber;

   [SoapAttribute(DataType = "date", AttributeName = "CreationDate")]
   public DateTime Today;
   [SoapElement(DataType = "nonNegativeInteger", ElementName = "PosInt")]
   public string PostitiveInt;
   // This is ignored when serialized unless it's overridden.
   [SoapIgnore] 
   public bool IgnoreThis;
   
   public GroupType Grouptype;

   public Vehicle MyVehicle;

   // The SoapInclude allows the method to return a Car.
   [SoapInclude(typeof(Car))]
   public Vehicle myCar(string licNumber)
   {
      Vehicle v;
      if(licNumber == "")
         {
            v = new Car();
   	    v.licenseNumber = "!!!!!!";
   	 }
      else
   	 {
   	   v = new Car();
   	   v.licenseNumber = licNumber;
   	 }
      return v;
   }
}
  
// SoapInclude allows Vehicle to accept Car type.
[SoapInclude(typeof(Car))]
public abstract class Vehicle
{
   public string licenseNumber;
   public DateTime makeDate;
}

public class Car: Vehicle
{
}

public enum GroupType
{
   // These enums can be overridden.
   [SoapEnum("Small")]
   A,
   [SoapEnum("Large")]
   B
}
 
public class Run
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Run test = new Run();
      test.SerializeOriginal("SoapOriginal.xml");
      test.SerializeOverride("SoapOverrides.xml");
      test.DeserializeOriginal("SoapOriginal.xml");
      test.DeserializeOverride("SoapOverrides.xml");
   
   }
   public void SerializeOriginal(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = 
      (new SoapReflectionImporter().ImportTypeMapping(
      typeof(Group)));
      XmlSerializer mySerializer =  
      new XmlSerializer(myMapping);
      Group myGroup=MakeGroup();
      // Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
      XmlTextWriter writer = 
      new XmlTextWriter(filename, Encoding.UTF8);
      writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
      writer.WriteStartElement("wrapper");
      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      mySerializer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
      writer.WriteEndElement();
      writer.Close();
   }

   public void SerializeOverride(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class
      // that overrides the serialization.
      XmlSerializer overRideSerializer = CreateOverrideSerializer();
      Group myGroup=MakeGroup();
      // Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
      XmlTextWriter writer = 
      new XmlTextWriter(filename, Encoding.UTF8);
      writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
      writer.WriteStartElement("wrapper");
      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      overRideSerializer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
      writer.WriteEndElement();
      writer.Close();

   }

   private Group MakeGroup(){
      // Create an instance of the class that will be serialized.
      Group myGroup = new Group();

      // Set the object properties.
      myGroup.GroupName = ".NET";

      Byte [] hexByte = new Byte[2]{Convert.ToByte(100),
      Convert.ToByte(50)};
      myGroup.GroupNumber = hexByte;

      DateTime myDate = new DateTime(2002,5,2);
      myGroup.Today = myDate;
      myGroup.PostitiveInt= "10000";
      myGroup.IgnoreThis=true;
      myGroup.Grouptype= GroupType.B;
      Car thisCar =(Car)  myGroup.myCar("1234566");
      myGroup.MyVehicle=thisCar;
      return myGroup;
   }   	

   public void DeserializeOriginal(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = 
      (new SoapReflectionImporter().ImportTypeMapping(
      typeof(Group)));
      XmlSerializer mySerializer =  
      new XmlSerializer(myMapping);


      // Reading the file requires an  XmlTextReader.
      XmlTextReader reader= 
      new XmlTextReader(filename);
      reader.ReadStartElement("wrapper");

      // Deserialize and cast the object.
      Group myGroup; 
      myGroup = (Group) mySerializer.Deserialize(reader);
      reader.ReadEndElement();
      reader.Close();

   }

   public void DeserializeOverride(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlSerializer overRideSerializer = CreateOverrideSerializer();

      // Reading the file requires an  XmlTextReader.
      XmlTextReader reader= 
      new XmlTextReader(filename);
      reader.ReadStartElement("wrapper");

      // Deserialize and cast the object.
      Group myGroup; 
      myGroup = (Group) overRideSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
      reader.ReadEndElement();
      reader.Close();
      ReadGroup(myGroup);
   }

   private void ReadGroup(Group myGroup){
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupName);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupNumber[0]);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupNumber[1]);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.Today);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.PostitiveInt);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.IgnoreThis);
      Console.WriteLine();
   }
   private XmlSerializer CreateOverrideSerializer()
   {
      SoapAttributeOverrides mySoapAttributeOverrides = 
      new SoapAttributeOverrides();
      SoapAttributes soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();

      SoapElementAttribute mySoapElement = new SoapElementAttribute();
      mySoapElement.ElementName = "xxxx";
      soapAtts.SoapElement = mySoapElement;
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group), "PostitiveInt", 
      soapAtts);

      // Override the IgnoreThis property.
      SoapIgnoreAttribute myIgnore = new SoapIgnoreAttribute();
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      soapAtts.SoapIgnore = false;      
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group), "IgnoreThis", 
      soapAtts);

      // Override the GroupType enumeration.	
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      SoapEnumAttribute xSoapEnum = new SoapEnumAttribute();
      xSoapEnum.Name = "Over1000";
      soapAtts.SoapEnum = xSoapEnum;

      // Add the SoapAttributes to the 
      // mySoapAttributeOverridesrides object.
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(GroupType), "A", 
      soapAtts);

      // Create second enumeration and add it.
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      xSoapEnum = new SoapEnumAttribute();
      xSoapEnum.Name = "ZeroTo1000";
      soapAtts.SoapEnum = xSoapEnum;
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(GroupType), "B", 
      soapAtts);

      // Override the Group type.
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      SoapTypeAttribute soapType = new SoapTypeAttribute();
      soapType.TypeName = "Team";
      soapAtts.SoapType = soapType;
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group),soapAtts);

      // Create an XmlTypeMapping that is used to create an instance 
      // of the XmlSerializer. Then return the XmlSerializer object.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = (new SoapReflectionImporter(
      mySoapAttributeOverrides)).ImportTypeMapping(typeof(Group));
	
      XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(myMapping);
      return ser;
   }
}

    

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System.Xml.Serialization.SoapAttributeOverrides Member List:

Public Constructors

ctor #1

Default constructor. This constructor is called by derived class constructors to initialize state in this type.

Public Properties

Item	Read-only Overloaded: Item[Type type] {get Gets the object associated with the specified (base class) type.
Item	Read-only Overloaded: Item[Type type, string member] {get Gets the object associated with the specified (base class) type. The member parameter specifies the base class member that is overridden.

Public Methods

Add	Overloaded: Add(Type type, SoapAttributes attributes) Adds a SoapAttributes to a collection of collection of SoapAttributes objects. The type parameter specifies an object to be overridden by the SoapAttributes.
Add	Overloaded: Add(Type type, string member, SoapAttributes attributes) Adds a SoapAttributes to the collection of SoapAttributes objects contained by the SoapAttributeOverrides. The type parameter specifies the object to be overridden by the SoapAttributes. The member parameter specifies the name of a member that will be overridden.
Equals (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.Equals Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.
GetHashCode (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.GetHashCode Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.
GetType (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.GetType Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.
ToString (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.ToString Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.

Protected Methods

Finalize (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.Finalize Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.
MemberwiseClone (inherited from System.Object)	See base class member description: System.Object.MemberwiseClone Derived from System.Object, the primary base class for all objects.

Hierarchy:

• System.Object
• System.Xml.Serialization.SoapAttributeOverrides

System.Xml.Serialization.SoapAttributeOverrides Member Details

Summary:

Default constructor. This constructor is called by derived class constructors to initialize state in this type.

C# Syntax:

public SoapAttributeOverrides();

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Summary

Gets the object associated with the specified (base class) type.

C# Syntax:

public SoapAttributes this[Type type] {get;}

type

The base class class Type that is associated with the collection of attributes you want to retrieve.

Use this overload to return a SoapAttributes that contains attributes for a SoapTypeAttribute.

The following example creates a SoapAttributeOverrides which is used to override the serialization of an instance of the Group class. The example also uses the SoapAttributeOverrides.Item property to retrieve the SoapAttributes that is used to specify how the serialization is being overridden.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

// The name of this type will be overridden using
// the SoapTypeAttribute.
public class Group
{
   public string GroupName;
}
  
public class Run
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Run test = new Run();

      test.SerializeOverride("GetSoapAttributes2.xml");
      
   }
   public void SerializeOverride(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class
      // that overrides the serialization.
      XmlSerializer overRideSerializer = CreateOverrideSerializer();

      // Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
      TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);

      // Create an instance of the class that will be serialized.
      Group myGroup = new Group();

      // Set the object properties.
      myGroup.GroupName = ".NET";

      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      overRideSerializer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
       writer.Close();
   }

   private XmlSerializer CreateOverrideSerializer()
   {
      SoapAttributeOverrides mySoapAttributeOverrides = 
      new SoapAttributeOverrides();
      SoapAttributes mySoapAttributes = new SoapAttributes();

      SoapTypeAttribute mySoapType = new SoapTypeAttribute();
      mySoapType.TypeName= "Team";
      mySoapAttributes.SoapType = mySoapType;
      // Add the SoapAttributes to the 
      // mySoapAttributeOverridesrides object.
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group), mySoapAttributes);
      // Get the SoapAttributes with the Item property.
      SoapAttributes thisSoapAtts = 
      mySoapAttributeOverrides[typeof(Group)];
      Console.WriteLine("New serialized type name: " + 
      thisSoapAtts.SoapType.TypeName);

      // Create an XmlTypeMapping that is used to create an instance 
      // of the XmlSerializer. Then return the XmlSerializer object.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = (new SoapReflectionImporter(
      mySoapAttributeOverrides)).ImportTypeMapping(typeof(Group));
	
      XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(myMapping);
      return ser;
   }

}

    

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Summary

Gets the object associated with the specified (base class) type. The member parameter specifies the base class member that is overridden.

C# Syntax:

public SoapAttributes this[Type type, string member] {get;}

type

The base class class Type that is associated with the collection of attributes you want to override.

member

The name of the overridden member that specifies the SoapAttributes to return.

Use this overload to return a SoapAttributes that contains attributes that override a SoapAttributeAttribute, SoapElementAttribute, SoapIgnoreAttribute, or SoapEnumAttribute. You can also return a SoapAttributes that contains the override of a default value (specified using a DefaultValueAttribute).

If the SoapAttributes contains a SoapTypeAttribute, you must use the overload that specifies only the overridden type.

The following example creates a SoapAttributeOverrides used to override the serialization of an instance of the Group class. The example also uses the SoapAttributeOverrides.Item property to retrieve the SoapAttributes that is used to specify how the serialization is being overridden.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

public class Group
{
   // Override the serialization of this member. 
   public string GroupName;
}
  
public class Run
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Run test = new Run();

      test.SerializeOverride("GetSoapAttributes.xml");
      
   }
   public void SerializeOverride(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class
      // that overrides the serialization.
      XmlSerializer overRideSerializer = CreateOverrideSerializer();

      // Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
      TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);

      // Create an instance of the class that will be serialized.
      Group myGroup = new Group();

      // Set the object properties.
      myGroup.GroupName = ".NET";

      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      overRideSerializer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
       writer.Close();
   }

   private XmlSerializer CreateOverrideSerializer()
   {
      SoapAttributeOverrides mySoapAttributeOverrides = 
      new SoapAttributeOverrides();
      SoapAttributes mySoapAttributes = new SoapAttributes();

      SoapElementAttribute mySoapElement = new SoapElementAttribute();
      mySoapElement.ElementName = "TeamName";
      mySoapAttributes.SoapElement = mySoapElement;
      // Add the SoapAttributes to the 
      // mySoapAttributeOverridesrides object.
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group), "GroupName", 
      mySoapAttributes);
      // Get the SoapAttributes with the Item property.
      SoapAttributes thisSoapAtts = 
      mySoapAttributeOverrides[typeof(Group), "GroupName"];
      Console.WriteLine("New serialized element name: " + 
      thisSoapAtts.SoapElement.ElementName);

      // Create an XmlTypeMapping that is used to create an instance 
      // of the XmlSerializer. Then return the XmlSerializer object.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = (new SoapReflectionImporter(
      mySoapAttributeOverrides)).ImportTypeMapping(typeof(Group));
	
      XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(myMapping);
      return ser;
   }

}

    

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Summary

Adds a SoapAttributes to a collection of collection of SoapAttributes objects. The type parameter specifies an object to be overridden by the SoapAttributes.

C# Syntax:

public void Add(    Type type,    SoapAttributes attributes );

type

The Type of the object that will be overridden.

attributes

A SoapAttributes that represents the overriding attributes.

The SoapAttributes contains a union of attribute objects that cause the XmlSerializer to override its default serialization behavior for a set of objects. You choose the attribute objects to place in the SoapAttributes, depending on the particular behaviors you want to override. For example, the XmlSerializer serializes a class member as an XML element by default. If you want the member to be serialized as an XML attribute instead, you would create a SoapAttributeAttribute, assign it to the SoapAttributes.SoapAttribute property of a SoapAttributes, and add the XmlAttributes to the SoapAttributeOverrides. Use the SoapAttributeOverrides.Add method to add the SoapAttributes to the SoapAttributeOverrides.

Use this overload to add a SoapAttributes that contains a SoapTypeAttribute. Because the SoapTypeAttribute overrides the serialization of a class, you need not specify a member of the class to override, only the type of the class.

The following example serializes a class named Group . The serialization of the GroupName and IgnoreThis fields and the members of the GroupType enumeration are overridden. In the CreateOverrideSerializer method, a SoapAttributeOverrides is created, and for each overridden member or enumeration, a SoapAttributes is created with the appropriate property set and added to the SoapAttributeOverrides. An XmlTypeMapping is created using the SoapAttributeOverrides, and that XmlTypeMapping is used to create the XmlSerializer that overrides the default serialization.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml.Schema;

public class Group
{
   [SoapAttribute (Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public string GroupName;
   
   [SoapAttribute(DataType = "base64Binary")]
   public Byte [] GroupNumber;

   [SoapAttribute(DataType = "date", AttributeName = "CreationDate")]
   public DateTime Today;
   [SoapElement(DataType = "nonNegativeInteger", ElementName = "PosInt")]
   public string PostitiveInt;
   // This is ignored when serialized unless it's overridden.
   [SoapIgnore] 
   public bool IgnoreThis;
   
   public GroupType Grouptype;

   public Vehicle MyVehicle;

   // The SoapInclude allows the method to return a Car.
   [SoapInclude(typeof(Car))]
   public Vehicle myCar(string licNumber)
   {
      Vehicle v;
      if(licNumber == "")
         {
            v = new Car();
   	    v.licenseNumber = "!!!!!!";
   	 }
      else
   	 {
   	   v = new Car();
   	   v.licenseNumber = licNumber;
   	 }
      return v;
   }
}
  
// SoapInclude allows Vehicle to accept Car type.
[SoapInclude(typeof(Car))]
public abstract class Vehicle
{
   public string licenseNumber;
   public DateTime makeDate;
}

public class Car: Vehicle
{
}

public enum GroupType
{
   // These enums can be overridden.
   [SoapEnum("Small")]
   A,
   [SoapEnum("Large")]
   B
}
 
public class Run
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Run test = new Run();
      test.SerializeOriginal("SoapOriginal.xml");
      test.SerializeOverride("SoapOverrides.xml");
      test.DeserializeOriginal("SoapOriginal.xml");
      test.DeserializeOverride("SoapOverrides.xml");
   
   }
   public void SerializeOriginal(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = 
      (new SoapReflectionImporter().ImportTypeMapping(
      typeof(Group)));
      XmlSerializer mySerializer =  
      new XmlSerializer(myMapping);
      Group myGroup=MakeGroup();
      // Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
      XmlTextWriter writer = 
      new XmlTextWriter(filename, Encoding.UTF8);
      writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
      writer.WriteStartElement("wrapper");
      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      mySerializer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
      writer.WriteEndElement();
      writer.Close();
   }

   public void SerializeOverride(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class
      // that overrides the serialization.
      XmlSerializer overRideSerializer = CreateOverrideSerializer();
      Group myGroup=MakeGroup();
      // Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
      XmlTextWriter writer = 
      new XmlTextWriter(filename, Encoding.UTF8);
      writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
      writer.WriteStartElement("wrapper");
      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      overRideSerializer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
      writer.WriteEndElement();
      writer.Close();

   }

   private Group MakeGroup(){
      // Create an instance of the class that will be serialized.
      Group myGroup = new Group();

      // Set the object properties.
      myGroup.GroupName = ".NET";

      Byte [] hexByte = new Byte[2]{Convert.ToByte(100),
      Convert.ToByte(50)};
      myGroup.GroupNumber = hexByte;

      DateTime myDate = new DateTime(2002,5,2);
      myGroup.Today = myDate;
      myGroup.PostitiveInt= "10000";
      myGroup.IgnoreThis=true;
      myGroup.Grouptype= GroupType.B;
      Car thisCar =(Car)  myGroup.myCar("1234566");
      myGroup.MyVehicle=thisCar;
      return myGroup;
   }   	

   public void DeserializeOriginal(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = 
      (new SoapReflectionImporter().ImportTypeMapping(
      typeof(Group)));
      XmlSerializer mySerializer =  
      new XmlSerializer(myMapping);


      // Reading the file requires an  XmlTextReader.
      XmlTextReader reader= 
      new XmlTextReader(filename);
      reader.ReadStartElement("wrapper");

      // Deserialize and cast the object.
      Group myGroup; 
      myGroup = (Group) mySerializer.Deserialize(reader);
      reader.ReadEndElement();
      reader.Close();

   }

   public void DeserializeOverride(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlSerializer overRideSerializer = CreateOverrideSerializer();

      // Reading the file requires an  XmlTextReader.
      XmlTextReader reader= 
      new XmlTextReader(filename);
      reader.ReadStartElement("wrapper");

      // Deserialize and cast the object.
      Group myGroup; 
      myGroup = (Group) overRideSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
      reader.ReadEndElement();
      reader.Close();
      ReadGroup(myGroup);
   }

   private void ReadGroup(Group myGroup){
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupName);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupNumber[0]);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupNumber[1]);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.Today);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.PostitiveInt);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.IgnoreThis);
      Console.WriteLine();
   }
   private XmlSerializer CreateOverrideSerializer()
   {
      SoapAttributeOverrides mySoapAttributeOverrides = 
      new SoapAttributeOverrides();
      SoapAttributes soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();

      SoapElementAttribute mySoapElement = new SoapElementAttribute();
      mySoapElement.ElementName = "xxxx";
      soapAtts.SoapElement = mySoapElement;
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group), "PostitiveInt", 
      soapAtts);

      // Override the IgnoreThis property.
      SoapIgnoreAttribute myIgnore = new SoapIgnoreAttribute();
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      soapAtts.SoapIgnore = false;      
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group), "IgnoreThis", 
      soapAtts);

      // Override the GroupType enumeration.	
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      SoapEnumAttribute xSoapEnum = new SoapEnumAttribute();
      xSoapEnum.Name = "Over1000";
      soapAtts.SoapEnum = xSoapEnum;

      // Add the SoapAttributes to the 
      // mySoapAttributeOverridesrides object.
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(GroupType), "A", 
      soapAtts);

      // Create second enumeration and add it.
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      xSoapEnum = new SoapEnumAttribute();
      xSoapEnum.Name = "ZeroTo1000";
      soapAtts.SoapEnum = xSoapEnum;
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(GroupType), "B", 
      soapAtts);

      // Override the Group type.
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      SoapTypeAttribute soapType = new SoapTypeAttribute();
      soapType.TypeName = "Team";
      soapAtts.SoapType = soapType;
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group),soapAtts);

      // Create an XmlTypeMapping that is used to create an instance 
      // of the XmlSerializer. Then return the XmlSerializer object.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = (new SoapReflectionImporter(
      mySoapAttributeOverrides)).ImportTypeMapping(typeof(Group));
	
      XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(myMapping);
      return ser;
   }
}

    

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Summary

Adds a SoapAttributes to the collection of SoapAttributes objects contained by the SoapAttributeOverrides. The type parameter specifies the object to be overridden by the SoapAttributes. The member parameter specifies the name of a member that will be overridden.

C# Syntax:

public void Add(    Type type,    string member,    SoapAttributes attributes );

type

The Type of the object to override.

member

The name of the member to override.

attributes

A SoapAttributes that represents the overriding attributes.

The SoapAttributes contains a union of attribute objects that cause the XmlSerializer to override its default serialization behavior for a set of objects. You choose the attribute objects to place in the SoapAttributes, depending on the particular behaviors you want to override. For example, the XmlSerializer serializes a class member as an XML element by default. If you want the member to be serialized as a SOAP attribute instead, you would create a SoapAttributeAttribute, assign it to the SoapAttributes.SoapAttribute property of a SoapAttributes, and add the XmlAttributes to the SoapAttributeOverrides. Use the SoapAttributeOverrides.Add method to add the SoapAttributes to the SoapAttributeOverrides.

Use this method when the SoapAttributes contains either a SoapAttributeAttribute, DefaultValueAttribute SoapElementAttribute, SoapEnumAttribute, or SoapIgnoreAttribute.

The following example serializes a class named Group . The serialization of the GroupName and IgnoreThis fields and the members of the GroupType enumeration are overridden. In the CreateOverrideSerializer method, a SoapAttributeOverrides is created, and for each overridden member or enumeration, a SoapAttributes is created with the appropriate property set and added to the SoapAttributeOverrides. An XmlTypeMapping is created using the SoapAttributeOverrides, and that XmlTypeMapping is used to create the XmlSerializer that overrides the default serialization.

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml.Schema;

public class Group
{
   [SoapAttribute (Namespace = "http://www.cpandl.com")]
   public string GroupName;
   
   [SoapAttribute(DataType = "base64Binary")]
   public Byte [] GroupNumber;

   [SoapAttribute(DataType = "date", AttributeName = "CreationDate")]
   public DateTime Today;
   [SoapElement(DataType = "nonNegativeInteger", ElementName = "PosInt")]
   public string PostitiveInt;
   // This is ignored when serialized unless it's overridden.
   [SoapIgnore] 
   public bool IgnoreThis;
   
   public GroupType Grouptype;

   public Vehicle MyVehicle;

   // The SoapInclude allows the method to return a Car.
   [SoapInclude(typeof(Car))]
   public Vehicle myCar(string licNumber)
   {
      Vehicle v;
      if(licNumber == "")
         {
            v = new Car();
   	    v.licenseNumber = "!!!!!!";
   	 }
      else
   	 {
   	   v = new Car();
   	   v.licenseNumber = licNumber;
   	 }
      return v;
   }
}
  
// SoapInclude allows Vehicle to accept Car type.
[SoapInclude(typeof(Car))]
public abstract class Vehicle
{
   public string licenseNumber;
   public DateTime makeDate;
}

public class Car: Vehicle
{
}

public enum GroupType
{
   // These enums can be overridden.
   [SoapEnum("Small")]
   A,
   [SoapEnum("Large")]
   B
}
 
public class Run
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Run test = new Run();
      test.SerializeOriginal("SoapOriginal.xml");
      test.SerializeOverride("SoapOverrides.xml");
      test.DeserializeOriginal("SoapOriginal.xml");
      test.DeserializeOverride("SoapOverrides.xml");
   
   }
   public void SerializeOriginal(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = 
      (new SoapReflectionImporter().ImportTypeMapping(
      typeof(Group)));
      XmlSerializer mySerializer =  
      new XmlSerializer(myMapping);
      Group myGroup=MakeGroup();
      // Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
      XmlTextWriter writer = 
      new XmlTextWriter(filename, Encoding.UTF8);
      writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
      writer.WriteStartElement("wrapper");
      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      mySerializer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
      writer.WriteEndElement();
      writer.Close();
   }

   public void SerializeOverride(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class
      // that overrides the serialization.
      XmlSerializer overRideSerializer = CreateOverrideSerializer();
      Group myGroup=MakeGroup();
      // Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
      XmlTextWriter writer = 
      new XmlTextWriter(filename, Encoding.UTF8);
      writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
      writer.WriteStartElement("wrapper");
      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      overRideSerializer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
      writer.WriteEndElement();
      writer.Close();

   }

   private Group MakeGroup(){
      // Create an instance of the class that will be serialized.
      Group myGroup = new Group();

      // Set the object properties.
      myGroup.GroupName = ".NET";

      Byte [] hexByte = new Byte[2]{Convert.ToByte(100),
      Convert.ToByte(50)};
      myGroup.GroupNumber = hexByte;

      DateTime myDate = new DateTime(2002,5,2);
      myGroup.Today = myDate;
      myGroup.PostitiveInt= "10000";
      myGroup.IgnoreThis=true;
      myGroup.Grouptype= GroupType.B;
      Car thisCar =(Car)  myGroup.myCar("1234566");
      myGroup.MyVehicle=thisCar;
      return myGroup;
   }   	

   public void DeserializeOriginal(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = 
      (new SoapReflectionImporter().ImportTypeMapping(
      typeof(Group)));
      XmlSerializer mySerializer =  
      new XmlSerializer(myMapping);


      // Reading the file requires an  XmlTextReader.
      XmlTextReader reader= 
      new XmlTextReader(filename);
      reader.ReadStartElement("wrapper");

      // Deserialize and cast the object.
      Group myGroup; 
      myGroup = (Group) mySerializer.Deserialize(reader);
      reader.ReadEndElement();
      reader.Close();

   }

   public void DeserializeOverride(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlSerializer overRideSerializer = CreateOverrideSerializer();

      // Reading the file requires an  XmlTextReader.
      XmlTextReader reader= 
      new XmlTextReader(filename);
      reader.ReadStartElement("wrapper");

      // Deserialize and cast the object.
      Group myGroup; 
      myGroup = (Group) overRideSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
      reader.ReadEndElement();
      reader.Close();
      ReadGroup(myGroup);
   }

   private void ReadGroup(Group myGroup){
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupName);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupNumber[0]);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupNumber[1]);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.Today);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.PostitiveInt);
      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.IgnoreThis);
      Console.WriteLine();
   }
   private XmlSerializer CreateOverrideSerializer()
   {
      SoapAttributeOverrides mySoapAttributeOverrides = 
      new SoapAttributeOverrides();
      SoapAttributes soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();

      SoapElementAttribute mySoapElement = new SoapElementAttribute();
      mySoapElement.ElementName = "xxxx";
      soapAtts.SoapElement = mySoapElement;
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group), "PostitiveInt", 
      soapAtts);

      // Override the IgnoreThis property.
      SoapIgnoreAttribute myIgnore = new SoapIgnoreAttribute();
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      soapAtts.SoapIgnore = false;      
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group), "IgnoreThis", 
      soapAtts);

      // Override the GroupType enumeration.	
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      SoapEnumAttribute xSoapEnum = new SoapEnumAttribute();
      xSoapEnum.Name = "Over1000";
      soapAtts.SoapEnum = xSoapEnum;

      // Add the SoapAttributes to the 
      // mySoapAttributeOverridesrides object.
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(GroupType), "A", 
      soapAtts);

      // Create second enumeration and add it.
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      xSoapEnum = new SoapEnumAttribute();
      xSoapEnum.Name = "ZeroTo1000";
      soapAtts.SoapEnum = xSoapEnum;
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(GroupType), "B", 
      soapAtts);

      // Override the Group type.
      soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      SoapTypeAttribute soapType = new SoapTypeAttribute();
      soapType.TypeName = "Team";
      soapAtts.SoapType = soapType;
      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group),soapAtts);

      // Create an XmlTypeMapping that is used to create an instance 
      // of the XmlSerializer. Then return the XmlSerializer object.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = (new SoapReflectionImporter(
      mySoapAttributeOverrides)).ImportTypeMapping(typeof(Group));
	
      XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(myMapping);
      return ser;
   }
}

    

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public virtual bool Equals(    object obj );

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~SoapAttributeOverrides();

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public virtual int GetHashCode();

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public Type GetType();

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protected object MemberwiseClone();

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public virtual string ToString();

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