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<system.xml.serialization> Element

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The top-level element for controlling XML serialization. For more information about configuration files, see Configuration File Schema.

<configuration>
<system.xml.serialization>

Syntax

XML 
<system.xml.serialization>
</system.xml.serialization>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element Description
<dateTimeSerialization> Element Determines the serialization mode of DateTime objects.
<schemaImporterExtensions> Element Contains types that are used by the XmlSchemaImporter for mapping of XSD types to .NET types.

Parent Elements

Element Description
<configuration> Element The root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.

Example

The following code example illustrates how to specify the serialization mode of a DateTime object, and the addition of types used by the XmlSchemaImporter when mapping XSD types to .NET types.

XML 
<system.xml.serialization>
    <xmlSerializer checkDeserializeAdvances="false" />
    <dateTimeSerialization mode = "Local" />
    <schemaImporterExtensions>
        <add
        name = "MobileCapabilities"
        type = "System.Web.Mobile.MobileCapabilities,
        System.Web.Mobile, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
        PublicKeyToken=b03f5f6f11d40a3a" />
    </schemaImporterExtensions>
</system.xml.serialization>

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