Description:
XML is a well structured text file, we can store any kind structured data in XML file. In most of the times our applications demand us to maintain a structured data in XML or Database. C# class object is one of the well structured data. In dynamic applications, we can store and retrieve C# class object from XMl file as per our need. In this article I am going write C# code Convert C# Class Object to XML and Vice Versa.
Summary:
Convert C# Class Object to XML string using XmlSerializer
You can easily convert a C# Class Object into XML string using XmlSerializer and MemoryStream
using System;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Linq;
namespace MorganUtil
{
public class UserDetail
{
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string MailID { get; set; }
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
UserDetail userDetail = new UserDetail { UserName = "Morgan",
MailID = "[email protected]" };
string xmlString = ConvertObjectToXMLString(userDetail);
// Save C# class object into Xml file
XElement xElement = XElement.Parse(xmlString);
xElement.Save(@"C:\UsersAdministratorDesktopuserDetail.xml");
}
static string ConvertObjectToXMLString(object classObject)
{
string xmlString = null;
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(classObject.GetType());
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
xmlSerializer.Serialize(memoryStream, classObject);
memoryStream.Position = 0;
xmlString = new StreamReader(memoryStream).ReadToEnd();
}
return xmlString;
}
}
}
Xml Output for single class object:
Xml Output for list of class object(List<UserDetail>): You will get below Xml data when you convert list of class object (List<UserDetail>) into Xml.
Convert XML string to C# Class Object using XmlSerializer
Use the below function to convert XML string into C# Class Object using XmlSerializer and StringReader.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string xmlString = @"<UserDetail>
<UserName>Morgan</UserName>
<MailID>[email protected]</MailID>
</UserDetail>";
//Note: you can also read xmlString from Xml file by using below code
// XElement xmlObject = XElement.Load(@"C:\UsersAdministratorDesktopuserDetail.xml");
//string xmlString = xmlObject.ToString();
UserDetail userDetail = (UserDetail)ConvertXmlStringtoObject<UserDetail>(xmlString);
}
static T ConvertXmlStringtoObject<T>(string xmlString)
{
T classObject;
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
using (StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(xmlString))
{
classObject = (T)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(stringReader);
}
return classObject;
}
Thanks,
Morgan
Software Developer