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Sulphy
Sulphy

Reputation: 776

Passing types to XMLSerializer using variable

I'm using the XmlSerializer to de-serialize a response stream from a web request. This works fine but I want to break this code out so that it's reusable throughout my project.

My aim is to accept XML responses back and convert them to a model object. As an example of what I've had working in my proof of concept:

var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyTestModel));

I had hoped I could replace the contents of 'typeof' with a variable. That way I could pass in the model name via the constructor. However this approach doesn't work.

I did look at generics:

var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));

But as I'm programming to an interface I can't declare any methods in the interface as having a type of 'T'.

So I thought rather than spend hours and hours I would reach out to those in the know to get some guidance on how best to code this piece.

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 439

Answers (1)

Sam Axe
Sam Axe

Reputation: 33738

Making comment an answer so the question can be closed.

Type type = typeof(MyTestModel); ...new XmlSerializer(type);

Upvotes: 2

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