XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute Constructors

Definition

Initializes a new instance of the XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute class.

Overloads

XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute()

Initializes a new instance of the XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute class.

XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute(String)

Initializes a new instance of the XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute class.

XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute()

Source:
XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute.cs
Source:
XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute.cs
Source:
XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute.cs

Initializes a new instance of the XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute class.

public XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute ();

Examples

The following example serializes a class named Choices that includes two fields, MyChoice and ManyChoices. The XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute is applied to each field that specifies (through the MemberName property) another class member that gets or sets an enumeration that detects the member value. The MyChoice field can be set to a single value, with a corresponding enumeration member found in the EnumType field. The ManyChoices field returns an array of objects. The ChoiceArray field returns an array of enumeration values. For each array member in the ManyChoices field, a corresponding member is found in the array returned by the ChoiceArray field.

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

public class Choices{
   // The MyChoice field can be set to any one of 
   // the types below. 
   [XmlChoiceIdentifier("EnumType")]
   [XmlElement("Word", typeof(string))]
   [XmlElement("Number", typeof(int))]
   [XmlElement("DecimalNumber", typeof(double))]
   public object MyChoice;

   // Don't serialize this field. The EnumType field
   // contains the enumeration value that corresponds
   // to the MyChoice field value.
   [XmlIgnore]
   public ItemChoiceType EnumType;

   // The ManyChoices field can contain an array
   // of choices. Each choice must be matched to
   // an array item in the ChoiceArray field.
   [XmlChoiceIdentifier("ChoiceArray")]
   [XmlElement("Item", typeof(string))]
   [XmlElement("Amount", typeof(int))]
   [XmlElement("Temp", typeof(double))]
   public object[] ManyChoices;

   // TheChoiceArray field contains the enumeration
   // values, one for each item in the ManyChoices array.
   [XmlIgnore]
   public MoreChoices[] ChoiceArray;
}

[XmlType(IncludeInSchema=false)]
public enum ItemChoiceType{
   None,
   Word, 
   Number,
   DecimalNumber
}

public enum MoreChoices{
   None,
   Item,
   Amount,
   Temp
}

public class Test{
   static void Main(){
      Test t = new Test();
      t.SerializeObject("Choices.xml");
      t.DeserializeObject("Choices.xml");
   }

   private void SerializeObject(string filename){
      XmlSerializer mySerializer = 
      new XmlSerializer(typeof(Choices));
      TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);
      Choices myChoices = new Choices();

      // Set the MyChoice field to a string. Set the
      // EnumType to Word.
      myChoices.MyChoice= "Book";
      myChoices.EnumType = ItemChoiceType.Word;

      // Populate an object array with three items, one
      // of each enumeration type. Set the array to the 
      // ManyChoices field.
      object[] strChoices = new object[]{"Food",  5, 98.6};
      myChoices.ManyChoices=strChoices;

      // For each item in the ManyChoices array, add an
      // enumeration value.
      MoreChoices[] itmChoices = new MoreChoices[]
      {MoreChoices.Item, 
      MoreChoices.Amount,
      MoreChoices.Temp};
      myChoices.ChoiceArray=itmChoices;
      
      mySerializer.Serialize(writer, myChoices);
      writer.Close();
   }

   private void DeserializeObject(string filename){
      XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Choices));

      // A FileStream is needed to read the XML document.
      FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
      Choices myChoices = (Choices)
      ser.Deserialize(fs);
      fs.Close();

      // Disambiguate the MyChoice value using the enumeration.
      if(myChoices.EnumType == ItemChoiceType.Word){
           Console.WriteLine("Word: " +  
            myChoices.MyChoice.ToString());
        }
      else if(myChoices.EnumType == ItemChoiceType.Number){
           Console.WriteLine("Number: " +
            myChoices.MyChoice.ToString());
        }
      else if(myChoices.EnumType == ItemChoiceType.DecimalNumber){
           Console.WriteLine("DecimalNumber: " +
            myChoices.MyChoice.ToString());
        }

      // Disambiguate the ManyChoices values using the enumerations.
      for(int i = 0; i<myChoices.ManyChoices.Length; i++){
      if(myChoices.ChoiceArray[i] == MoreChoices.Item)
        Console.WriteLine("Item: " + (string) myChoices.ManyChoices[i]);
      else if(myChoices.ChoiceArray[i] == MoreChoices.Amount)
        Console.WriteLine("Amount: " + myChoices.ManyChoices[i].ToString());
      if(myChoices.ChoiceArray[i] == MoreChoices.Temp)
        Console.WriteLine("Temp: " + (string) myChoices.ManyChoices[i].ToString());
        }
   }
}

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute(String)

Source:
XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute.cs
Source:
XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute.cs
Source:
XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute.cs

Initializes a new instance of the XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute class.

public XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute (string name);
public XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute (string? name);

Parameters

name
String

The member name that returns the enumeration used to detect a choice.

Applies to

.NET 9 and other versions
Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0