Serializable class for

Question

I want to create a serializable C# class for the XML below.

<xml>
  <versions>
    <org.geotools.util.Version>
      <version>1.0.0</version>
    </org.geotools.util.Version>
    <org.geotools.util.Version>
      <version>1.1.0</version>
    </org.geotools.util.Version>
    <org.geotools.util.Version>
      <version>2.0.0</version>
    </org.geotools.util.Version>
  </versions>
  <gml>
    <entry>
      <version>V_20</version>
      <gml>
        <srsNameStyle>URN2</srsNameStyle>
        <overrideGMLAttributes>false</overrideGMLAttributes>
      </gml>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <version>V_10</version>
      <gml>
        <srsNameStyle>XML</srsNameStyle>
        <overrideGMLAttributes>true</overrideGMLAttributes>
      </gml>
    </entry>
    <entry>
      <version>V_11</version>
      <gml>
        <srsNameStyle>URN</srsNameStyle>
        <overrideGMLAttributes>false</overrideGMLAttributes>
      </gml>
    </entry>
  </gml>
</xml>

I know I could do something like this:

[XmlRoot(ElementName = "xml")]
interface IServiceSettings : IXmlSerializable
{
    [XmlArray(ElementName = "versions")]
    [XmlArrayItem(ElementName = "org.geotools.util.Version")]
    IList<string> Versions { get; set; }
}

But it is working only for <org.geotools.util.Version> elements that would contain strings only. How to expand this code over my case?

Answer 1

What about this:

[XmlRoot(ElementName = "xml")]
interface IServiceSettings<T> : IXmlSerializable
{
    [XmlArray(ElementName = "versions")]
    [XmlArrayItem(ElementName = "org.geotools.util.Version")]
    IList<T> Versions { get; set; }
}

Then the implementation of the interface will be generic as well

public class ServiceSettings<T> : IServiceSettings<T>