XmlRootAttribute Constructors

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Serialization

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll

Initializes a new instance of the XmlRootAttribute class and uses the class name as the name of the XML root element.

Overloads

XmlRootAttribute()	Initializes a new instance of the XmlRootAttribute class.
XmlRootAttribute(String)	Initializes a new instance of the XmlRootAttribute class and specifies the name of the XML root element.

XmlRootAttribute()

Source:

XmlRootAttribute.cs

Initializes a new instance of the XmlRootAttribute class.

C#

public XmlRootAttribute();

Examples

The following example creates an instance of an XmlRootAttribute and assigns it to the XmlRoot property of an XmlAttributes object. When the XmlSerializer serializes the MyClass object, it uses the XmlRootAttribute object to override the default root element.

C#

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

// This is the class that is the default root element.
public class MyClass
{
   public string Name;
}

public class Run
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Run test = new Run();
      test.SerializeOrder("OverrideAttribute.xml");
   }

   public void SerializeOrder(string filename)
   {
      // Create an XmlSerializer instance using the method below.
      XmlSerializer xSer = CreateOverrider();

      // Create the object, and set its Name property.
      MyClass myClass = new MyClass();
      myClass.Name = "New Class Name";

      // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
      TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);
      xSer.Serialize(writer, myClass);
      writer.Close();
   }

   // Return an XmlSerializer to override the root serialization.
   public XmlSerializer CreateOverrider()
   {
      // Create an XmlAttributes to override the default root element.
      XmlAttributes attrs = new XmlAttributes();

      // Create an XmlRootAttribute and set its element name and namespace.
      XmlRootAttribute xRoot = new XmlRootAttribute();
      xRoot.ElementName = "OverriddenRootElementName";
      xRoot.Namespace = "http://www.microsoft.com";

      // Set the XmlRoot property to the XmlRoot object.
      attrs.XmlRoot = xRoot;
      XmlAttributeOverrides xOver = new XmlAttributeOverrides();

      /* Add the XmlAttributes object to the
      XmlAttributeOverrides object. */
      xOver.Add(typeof(MyClass), attrs);

      // Create the Serializer, and return it.
      XmlSerializer xSer = new XmlSerializer
      (typeof(MyClass), xOver);
      return xSer;
   }
}

See also

• XmlRoot
• XmlAttributeOverrides

XmlRootAttribute(String)

Source:

XmlRootAttribute.cs

Initializes a new instance of the XmlRootAttribute class and specifies the name of the XML root element.

C#

public XmlRootAttribute(string elementName);

Parameters

elementName

String

The name of the XML root element.

Examples

The following example creates an instance of the XmlRootAttribute and uses it to override the serialization of an instance of a class named "Student".

C#

public void SerializeOrder(string filename)
{
   // Create an XmlSerializer instance using the method below.
   XmlSerializer myXmlSerializer = CreateOverrider();

   // Create the object, and set its Name property.
   Student myStudent = new Student();
   myStudent.Name = "Student class1";

   // Serialize the class, and close the TextWriter.
   TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);
   myXmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, myStudent);
   writer.Close();
}

// Return an XmlSerializer to override the root serialization.
public XmlSerializer CreateOverrider()
{
   // Create an XmlAttributes to override the default root element.
   XmlAttributes myXmlAttributes = new XmlAttributes();

   // Create an XmlRootAttribute overloaded constructer 
   //and set its namespace.
   XmlRootAttribute myXmlRootAttribute = 
                  new XmlRootAttribute("OverriddenRootElementName");
   myXmlRootAttribute.Namespace = "http://www.microsoft.com";

   // Set the XmlRoot property to the XmlRoot object.
   myXmlAttributes.XmlRoot = myXmlRootAttribute;
   XmlAttributeOverrides myXmlAttributeOverrides = 
                                       new XmlAttributeOverrides();
   
   /* Add the XmlAttributes object to the 
   XmlAttributeOverrides object. */
   myXmlAttributeOverrides.Add(typeof(Student), myXmlAttributes);

   // Create the Serializer, and return it.
   XmlSerializer myXmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer
      (typeof(Student), myXmlAttributeOverrides);
   return myXmlSerializer;
}

See also

• ElementName