SoapAttributes.SoapDefaultValue Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Serialization

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll

Source:

SoapAttributes.cs

Gets or sets the default value of an XML element or attribute.

C#

public object? SoapDefaultValue { get; set; }

Property Value

Object

An object that represents the default value of an XML element or attribute.

Examples

The following example serializes a class named Group that includes a field named GroupName. The default value is set with the DefaultValueAttribute to ".NET". By either not setting the field, or by setting it to ".NET", the value is not serialized (because the default value is already known). The sample also overrides the default value in the CreateOverrideSerializer method, which is called by the SerializeOverride method. The example calls both methods, SerializeOriginal and SerializeOverride, and sets the same value (".NET") for the GroupName field. Because of the override, the value is serialized only when calling the SerializeOverride method.

C#

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

public class Group
{
   // The default is set to .NET.
   [DefaultValue(".NET")]
   public string GroupName;
}

public class Run
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Run test = new Run();
      test.SerializeOriginal("SoapOriginal.xml");
      test.SerializeOverride("mySoapAttributeOverridesideAttributes.xml");
      test.DeserializeOriginal("SoapOriginal.xml");
      test.DeserializeOverride("mySoapAttributeOverridesideAttributes.xml");
   }
   public void SerializeOriginal(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlSerializer mySerializer =
      new XmlSerializer(typeof(Group));

      // 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();

      // Setting the GroupName to '.NET' is like not setting it at all
      // because it is the default value. So no value will be
      // serialized, and on deserialization it will appear as a blank.
      myGroup.GroupName = ".NET";

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

   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();

      // The override specifies that the default value is now
      // 'Team1'. So setting the GroupName to '.NET' means
      // the value will be serialized.
      myGroup.GroupName = ".NET";
      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      overRideSerializer.Serialize(writer, myGroup);
       writer.Close();
   }

   public void DeserializeOriginal(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlSerializer mySerializer= new XmlSerializer(typeof(Group));
      // Reading the file requires a TextReader.
      TextReader reader = new StreamReader(filename);

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

      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupName);
      Console.WriteLine();
   }

   public void DeserializeOverride(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlSerializer overRideSerializer = CreateOverrideSerializer();
      // Reading the file requires a TextReader.
      TextReader reader = new StreamReader(filename);

      // Deserialize and cast the object.
      Group myGroup;
      myGroup = (Group) overRideSerializer.Deserialize(reader);

      Console.WriteLine(myGroup.GroupName);
   }

   private XmlSerializer CreateOverrideSerializer()
   {
      SoapAttributeOverrides mySoapAttributeOverrides =
      new SoapAttributeOverrides();
      SoapAttributes soapAtts = new SoapAttributes();
      // Create a new DefaultValueAttribute object for the GroupName
      // property.
      DefaultValueAttribute newDefault =
      new DefaultValueAttribute("Team1");
      soapAtts.SoapDefaultValue = newDefault;

      mySoapAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Group), "GroupName",
      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;
   }
}

Remarks

The default value of a member can be set by applying a DefaultValueAttribute attribute to the member. If the member is being serialized as an encoded SOAP message, you can change the default value by creating a new DefaultValueAttribute, setting its Value property, and setting the SoapDefaultValue property to the object. Add the SoapAttributes to a SoapAttributeOverrides. For more details, see the SoapAttributeOverrides class overview.

Applies to

See also

• XmlAttributes
• Attributes That Control Encoded SOAP Serialization
• How to: Serialize an Object as a SOAP-Encoded XML Stream