XmlAnyAttributeAttribute Constructor

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Serialization

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Source:

XmlAnyAttributeAttribute.cs

Constructs a new instance of the XmlAnyAttributeAttribute class.

C#

public XmlAnyAttributeAttribute();

Examples

The following example constructs an XmlAnyAttributeAttribute that is used to override the deserialization of an object. To try the example, create a file named UnknownAttributes.xml that contains the following XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<Group xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" GroupType = 'Technical' GroupNumber = '42' GroupBase = 'Red'>  
  <GroupName>MyGroup</GroupName>  
</Group>  

C#

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

public class Group{
   public string GroupName;
   // The Things array will be used to collect all unknown
   // attributes found when deserializing.
   public XmlAttribute[]Things;
}

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

   private void DeserializeObject(string filename){
      // Use the CreateOverrideSerializer to return an instance
      // of the XmlSerializer customized for overrides.
      XmlSerializer ser = CreateOverrideSerializer();
      // A FileStream is needed to read the XML document.
      FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
     Group g = (Group)
        ser.Deserialize(fs);
     fs.Close();
     Console.WriteLine(g.GroupName);
     Console.WriteLine(g.Things.Length);
     foreach(XmlAttribute xAtt in g.Things){
        Console.WriteLine(xAtt.Name + ": " + xAtt.InnerXml);
        }
   }

   private XmlSerializer CreateOverrideSerializer(){
      // Override the Things field to capture all
      // unknown XML attributes.
      XmlAnyAttributeAttribute myAnyAttribute = 
      new XmlAnyAttributeAttribute();
      XmlAttributeOverrides xOverride = 
      new XmlAttributeOverrides();
      XmlAttributes xAtts = new XmlAttributes();
      xAtts.XmlAnyAttribute=myAnyAttribute;
      xOverride.Add(typeof(Group), "Things", xAtts);
       
      return new XmlSerializer(typeof(Group) , xOverride);
   }
}

Applies to