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Reputation: 65195

How can I define the type of an XmlSerializer by the type of a record object?

Problem with the code below, on this line:

XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(????));

I want the type to be define by the record object, can I do that?

public void ConvertRecordObjectToXML(object RecordObject, out string XML) 
{
    string xml = string.Empty;

    try
    {
        string XmlizedString = null;
        MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
        XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(????)); // <---- ?????
        XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8);

        x.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, RecordObject);
        memoryStream = (MemoryStream)xmlTextWriter.BaseStream;
        XmlizedString = UTF8ByteArrayToString(memoryStream.ToArray());
        XML = XmlizedString;
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        System.Console.WriteLine(e);
        xml = "";
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4032

Answers (2)

Richard Cox
Richard Cox

Reputation: 501

Every object inherits the method GetType() from Object, so you should be able to use:

XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(RecordObject.GetType());

The C# typeof keyword takes the class name and yields an object of type Type. GetType() yields the same thing, but operates on an instance instead.

Upvotes: 7

Austin Salonen
Austin Salonen

Reputation: 50235

Have you tried this?

XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(RecordObject.GetType());

Upvotes: 3

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