Jonathan,
how can i serialize an object to Xml but storing the object to a
Stream and not to a File?
A file _is_ a stream. Where is the point? Do you mean storing to memory?
Then use MemoryStream.
I am looking for a way to do XmlSerialization (or maybe
SoapSerialization) to send objects
Maybe? XmlSerialization and Binary+SoapSerialization are
totally different, so you should take a decision soon:
- XmlSerialization is mainly used for WebServices, because it
assures cross-platform compatibility. It can only be used
with custom types (types you have defined) and some basic
types.
See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconintroducingxmlserialization.asp
- Binary+SoapSerialization is .NET-only
via Remoting over the wire, and the deserialize on the Server the
serialized object stream.
how to?
This may sound strange, but that's they way i should do it.
Since streams cannot be remoted you have to convert the
stream to a byte[] or to a string:
// using binary serialization
public static byte[] SerializeToArray(object data)
{
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
formatter.Serialize(stream, data);
return stream.ToArray();
}
// using XML serialization
public static string XmlSerializeToString(object data)
{
StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(data.GetType());
TextWriter w = new StringWriter(b);
x.Serialize(w, data);
w.Close();
return b.ToString();
}
The deserialization methods are left as an exercise for the reader ;-)
Rob
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