ConfigurationElement.SerializeToXmlElement(XmlWriter, String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

Package:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5

Source:

ConfigurationElement.cs

Writes the outer tags of this configuration element to the configuration file when implemented in a derived class.

protected public:
 virtual bool SerializeToXmlElement(System::Xml::XmlWriter ^ writer, System::String ^ elementName);

protected internal virtual bool SerializeToXmlElement (System.Xml.XmlWriter writer, string elementName);

abstract member SerializeToXmlElement : System.Xml.XmlWriter * string -> bool
override this.SerializeToXmlElement : System.Xml.XmlWriter * string -> bool

Protected Friend Overridable Function SerializeToXmlElement (writer As XmlWriter, elementName As String) As Boolean

Parameters

writer

XmlWriter

The XmlWriter that writes to the configuration file.

elementName

String

The name of the ConfigurationElement to be written.

Returns

Boolean

true if writing was successful; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

Exception

The element has multiple child elements.

Remarks

The SerializeToXmlElement method is called after the call to the Unmerge method during serialization. The SerializeToXmlElement method writes out the contents of the configuration element between the beginning and ending tags of the element. Override SerializeToXmlElement to provide a custom serialization method.