Serialization is the process of converting an object into a format
(for example stream of bytes) that can be stored (for example in database, in a
file) or transmitted over network. The reverse process is called
De-serialization.
There are various data Serialization
formats to convert object into
serializable formats (for example bytes, XML, JSON)
XML serialization serializes the public fields and properties
of an object, or the parameters and return values of methods, into an XML
stream that conforms to a specific XML Schema definition language (XSD)
document
2. Binary serialization
:
Binary serialization uses binary encoding to produce compact
serialization for uses such as storage or socket-based network streams.
3. JSON serialization :
JSON serialization is used to serialize objects into
JSON-encoded data, which is very efficient to transfer the small amount of data
between server and client browser
In this blog, we will discuss about the
XML Serialization and how to convert C # object into XML format.
Microsoft provide the XmlSerializer class
to serialize the .net Type into XML format and XmlTextWriter to output the XML string.
Here is a C# example of XML serialization
public class Serializer
{
public string ToXML<T>(T Object)
{
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = null;
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(Object.GetType());
xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(stringWriter);
serializer.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, Object);
return stringWriter.ToString();
}
}
Now let’s create a
.net object ‘Order’ for XML serialization
public class Order
{
public int OrderNumber { get; set; }
public string Item { get; set; }
public string User { get; set; }
}
Create an instance
of Order Class and try to convert order object into XML
Order order = new Order {
Item = "Iphone 7",
OrderNumber = 12,
User = "Smith"
};
Serializer serializer = new Serializer();
string xml = serializer.ToXML<Order>(order);
When run the above code, you will get below XML string from
Order instance.
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