I have a class need to be serialized.
namespace serializedobject
{
[DataContract]
public class Class1
{
string string1_;
string string2_;
EntityA entity_;
[DataMember]
public string string3
{
get { return string1_; }
set { string1_ = value; }
}
[DataMember]
public string string2
{
get { return string2_; }
set { string2_ = value; }
}
[DataMember]
public EntityA Entity
{
get { return entity_; }
set { entity_ = value; }
}
public static Class1 FromXML(string desc)
{
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(ms);
writer.Write(desc);
writer.Flush();
ms.Seek(0, 0);
DataContractSerializer ser = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Class1));
return (Class1)ser.ReadObject(ms);
}
}
public string ToXML()
{
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
DataContractSerializer ser = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Class1));
ser.WriteObject(ms, this);
ms.Seek(0, 0);
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(ms);
return reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
[DataContract]
public class EntityA
{
string name_;
[DataMember]
public string Name
{
get { return name_; }
set { name_ = value; }
}
}
}
it is works fine with FromXML and ToXML. one of serialized context like:
<Class1 xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/serializedobject" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Entity><Name>az</Name></Entity><string2 i:nil="true"/><string3>test</string3></Class1>
Later I need to move class EntityA to another namespace "outside", now the serialized context like:
<Class1 xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/serializedobject" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Entity xmlns:a="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/outside"><a:Name>az</a:Name></Entity><string2 i:nil="true"/><string3>test</string3></Class1>
but now the serialized xml which created before change namespace can't be deserialized correctly. I guess this is because of for class "EntityA" changed namespace (xmlns:a added).
does anybody run into the problem before? any suggestion?
You can stop the namespace being added to the XML by specifying [DataContract(Namespace="")]. This relies on you setting that attribute BEFORE you save any xml code.
You can use this approach only if you have not already serialized any data, so this is the approach you would use when first designing a class to be serialized.
(If you have already got serialized data that you must deal with, see the second part of my answer below.)
This code sample has the two classes called Demo in two different namespaces, Test1 and Test2.
We serialize the code using the class from one namespace, and deserialize it using the class from the other namespace:
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Xml;
namespace ConsoleApp1
{
namespace Test1
{
[DataContract(Namespace="")]
public sealed class Demo
{
[DataMember]
public string Value { get; set; }
}
}
namespace Test2
{
[DataContract(Namespace="")]
public sealed class Demo
{
[DataMember]
public string Value { get; set; }
}
}
sealed class Program
{
private void run()
{
string filename = Path.GetTempFileName();
var demo1 = new Test1.Demo {Value = "DEMO"};
ToFile(filename, demo1);
var demo2 = FromFile<Test2.Demo>(filename);
Console.WriteLine(demo2.Value);
}
public static void ToFile(string filename, object obj)
{
DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(obj.GetType());
using (var streamWriter = File.CreateText(filename))
using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(streamWriter, new XmlWriterSettings{Indent = true}))
{
serializer.WriteObject(xmlWriter, obj);
}
}
public static T FromFile<T>(string filename)
{
DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T));
using (var textReader = File.OpenText(filename))
using (var xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(textReader))
{
return (T)serializer.ReadObject(xmlReader);
}
}
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
new Program().run();
}
}
}
If you have already serialized data without the Namespace="" attribute, then you will need instead to apply the appropriate namespace to the new class:
namespace Test1
{
[DataContract]
public sealed class Demo
{
[DataMember]
public string Value { get; set; }
}
}
namespace Test2
{
// Note the namespace includes both nested namespaces, i.e. ConsoleApp1.Test1
[DataContract(Namespace="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/ConsoleApp1.Test1")]
public sealed class Demo
{
[DataMember]
public string Value { get; set; }
}
}
Related
I have XSD file which was base to generate (by xsd.exe tool) C# classes for serialization. DotNetCore 3.1. Below is generated code
public partial class Deklaracje {
public PozycjeSzczegolowe PozycjeSzczegolowe {get;set;}
}
public partial class PozycjeSzczegolowe {
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttibute("Bank", typeof(BankPozycjeSzczegolowe))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttibute("PodmiotNZ", typeof(PozycjeSzczegolowePodmiotNZ))]
public object[] Items {get;set;}
}
there is my serialization code to get xml
var myObject = ??? // <= HERE IS PROBLEM
var data = new Declaracje
{
PozycjeSzczegolowe = new PozycjeSzczegolowe { Items = new [] {myObject} }
}
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (var writer = new XmlTextWriter(ms, Encoding.UTF8))
{
var xml = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Deklaracje));
xml.Serializer(xmlTextWriter, data)
}
}
My problem is how to pass to myObject both type: Bank and PodmiotNZ objects to success XML generation
when I try do this by anonymous type I get "Anonymous type cannot be serialized because don't have parameterless constructor"
when I try use named class "MyClass" I get error "My class is not expected. Use XmlInclude", I tried to add this parameter by parital class to Declaration and PozycjeSzczegolowe classes. Alse I try to pass as extraType param to XmlSerializer constructor, but I still get this error
Do you have other idea?
Try following :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
namespace ConsoleApplication181
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.Indent = true;
Deklaracje data = new Deklaracje()
{
PozycjeSzczegolowe = new PozycjeSzczegolowe[]
{
new BankPozycjeSzczegolowe() { name = "John"},
new PozycjeSzczegolowePodmiotNZ() { name = "Mary"}
}
};
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(ms,settings))
{
XmlSerializer xml = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Deklaracje));
xml.Serialize(writer, data);
}
}
}
}
public partial class Deklaracje {
public PozycjeSzczegolowe[] PozycjeSzczegolowe {get;set;}
}
[XmlInclude(typeof(BankPozycjeSzczegolowe))]
[XmlInclude(typeof(PozycjeSzczegolowePodmiotNZ))]
public partial class PozycjeSzczegolowe {
}
public class BankPozycjeSzczegolowe : PozycjeSzczegolowe
{
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class PozycjeSzczegolowePodmiotNZ : PozycjeSzczegolowe
{
public string name { get; set; }
}
}
Since XmlSerializer can not serialize any other properties when the class is inherited from List <>, I try to solve them with the DataContractSerializer. This should work, as described here: When a class is inherited from List<>, XmlSerializer doesn't serialize other attributes
But I get the same results. If the object is inherited from List <> the TestValue property is not serialized.
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
[Serializable]
public class XSerBase
{
[DataMember]
public XSerTest XSerTest { get; set; } = new XSerTest();
}
[Serializable]
public class XSerTest : List<string>
{
[DataMember]
public string TestValue { get; set; }
}
{// my serialize / deserialize example
XSerBase objectSource = new XSerBase();
objectSource.XSerTest.TestValue = "QWERT";
MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();
DataContractSerializer dcsSource = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(XSerBase));
dcsSource.WriteObject(mem, objectSource);
mem.Position = 0;
XSerBase objectDestination = null;
DataContractSerializer dcsDestination = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(XSerBase));
objectDestination = (dcsDestination.ReadObject(mem) as XSerBase);
// objectDestination.XSerTest.TestValue is null
// objectDestination.XSerTest.TestValue is "QWERT", when XSerTest is not inherited from List<string>
}
Am I missing an attribute?
I tried to get an inherited class List to work and was not successful. This is the best I could do
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace ConsoleApplication106
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XSerBase test = new XSerBase()
{
XSerTest = new List<XSerTest>() {
new XSerTest() { TestValue = "123"},
new XSerTest() { TestValue = "456"}
}
};
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(XSerBase));
XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.Indent = true;
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(FILENAME,settings);
serializer.Serialize(writer, test);
writer.Flush();
writer.Close();
}
}
public class XSerBase
{
[XmlElement("XSerTest")]
public List<XSerTest> XSerTest { get; set; }
}
public class XSerTest
{
public string TestValue { get; set; }
}
}
I am trying to read a xml file and deserialize it to my InsertSensorType class and than read VALUE1,VALUE2 .. .I tried to add XmlElement name to my InsertionMetadata attribute in InsertSensorTypeMetadata class, but it doesn't work.I have searched and found solutions but they were not valid for this problem. Can anyone please tell me what i am doing wrong.
Xml File :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<swes:InsertSensor
xmlns:swes="http://www.opengis.net/swes/2.0"
xmlns:sos="http://www.opengis.net/sos/2.0" >
<swes:metadata>
<sos:SosInsertionMetadata>
<sos:observationType>VALUE1</sos:observationType>
<sos:observationType>VALUE2</sos:observationType>
<sos:featureOfInterestType>VALUE3</sos:featureOfInterestType>
<sos:featureOfInterestType>VALUE4</sos:featureOfInterestType>
</sos:SosInsertionMetadata>
</swes:metadata>
</swes:InsertSensor>
My Classes :
namespace Problem1.Classes
{
[SerializableAttribute()]
[XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/swes/2.0")]
[XmlRootAttribute("InsertSensor", Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/swes/2.0", IsNullable = false)]
public class InsertSensorType
{
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("metadata")]
public InsertSensorTypeMetadata[] metadata { get; set; }
}
[SerializableAttribute()]
[XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/swes/2.0")]
public class InsertSensorTypeMetadata
{
[XmlElement(ElementName = "SosInsertionMetadata", Type = typeof(SosInsertionMetadataType))]
public InsertionMetadataType InsertionMetadata { get; set; }
}
[XmlIncludeAttribute(typeof(SosInsertionMetadataType))]
[SerializableAttribute()]
[XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/swes/2.0")]
public abstract partial class InsertionMetadataType
{
}
[SerializableAttribute()]
[XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/sos/2.0")]
public partial class SosInsertionMetadataType : InsertionMetadataType
{
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("observationType", DataType = "anyURI")]
public string[] observationType { get; set; }
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("featureOfInterestType", DataType = "anyURI")]
public string[] featureOfInterestType { get; set; }
}
}
And here is my main code :
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlElement xmlRequest = null;
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load("request.xml");
xmlRequest = doc.DocumentElement;
executeRequest(xmlRequest);
}
static void executeRequest(XmlElement xmlRequest)
{
InsertSensorType insertSensorRequest = ValidateRequest<InsertSensorType>(xmlRequest);
InsertSensorTypeMetadata[] _InsertSensorTypeMetadata = insertSensorRequest.metadata;
Console.WriteLine("Length of metadata :" + _InsertSensorTypeMetadata.Length);//1
foreach (InsertSensorTypeMetadata istm in _InsertSensorTypeMetadata)
{
SosInsertionMetadataType sos = istm.InsertionMetadata as SosInsertionMetadataType;
//sos is null
}
Console.Read();
}
static T ValidateRequest<T>(XmlElement xmlRequest) where T : class
{
string xml = xmlRequest.OuterXml;
StringReader reader = new StringReader(xml);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
//XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T), new Type[] { typeof(SosInsertionMetadataType) });
T typeInstance = (T)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
return typeInstance;
}
Try this
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
InsertSensorType insertSensorType = new InsertSensorType() {
metadata = new Metadata() {
insertSensorTypeMetadata = new InsertSensorTypeMetadata() {
InsertionMetadata = new List<InsertionMetadataType>() {
new ObservationType() { value = "Value1"},
new ObservationType() { value = "Value2"},
new FeatureOfInterestType() { value = "Value3"},
new FeatureOfInterestType() { value = "Value4"}
}
}
}
};
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(InsertSensorType));
XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
ns.Add("swes","http://www.opengis.net/swes/2.0");
ns.Add("sos","http://www.opengis.net/sos/2.0");
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(FILENAME);
serializer.Serialize(writer, insertSensorType, ns);
writer.Flush();
writer.Close();
writer.Dispose();
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(InsertSensorType));
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(FILENAME);
InsertSensorType newInsertSensorType = (InsertSensorType)xs.Deserialize(reader);
}
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "InsertSensor")]
public class InsertSensorType
{
[XmlElement("metadata")]
public Metadata metadata { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot("metadata", Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/swes/2.0")]
public class Metadata
{
[XmlElement("SosInsertionMetadata")]
public InsertSensorTypeMetadata insertSensorTypeMetadata { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot("SosInsertionMetadata", Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/sos/2.0")]
public class InsertSensorTypeMetadata
{
[XmlElement()]
public List<InsertionMetadataType> InsertionMetadata { get; set; }
}
[XmlInclude(typeof(ObservationType))]
[XmlInclude(typeof(FeatureOfInterestType))]
[Serializable]
[XmlRoot(Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/sos/2.0")]
public class InsertionMetadataType
{
public string value { get; set; }
}
[Serializable]
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "observationType", Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/sos/2.0")]
public class ObservationType : InsertionMetadataType
{
}
[Serializable]
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "featureOfInterestType", Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/sos/2.0")]
public class FeatureOfInterestType : InsertionMetadataType
{
}
}
My solution is that :
added this line to over InsertionMetadata attribute in InsertSensorTypeMetadata class
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(ElementName = "SosInsertionMetadata", Type = typeof(SosInsertionMetadataType), Namespace = "http://www.opengis.net/sos/2.0")] // added
change my deserialize method
public static T ValidateRequest<T>(XmlElement element) where T : class
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
return (T)serializer.Deserialize(new XmlNodeReader(element));
}
and changed way to print values
static void executeRequest(XmlElement xmlRequest)
{
InsertSensorType insertSensorRequest = ValidateRequest<InsertSensorType>(xmlRequest);
foreach (InsertSensorTypeMetadata istm in insertSensorRequest.metadata)
{
SosInsertionMetadataType sos = (SosInsertionMetadataType)istm.InsertionMetadata;
foreach(string s in sos.featureOfInterestType)
Console.WriteLine(s);
foreach (string s in sos.observationType)
Console.WriteLine(s);
}
}
I don't know if the topic is correct, if not please correct. So far i am not sure what to search for my problem so maybe the question has already been answered before.
Currently i have the following class (as example):
[Serializable]
public class Sample
{
public string Something { get; set; }
public List<Parameter> Parameters { get; set; }
}
[Serializable]
public class Parameter
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Value { get; set; }
}
This structure i have to serialize to the following XML:
<Sample>
<Something>1234512345112345</Something>
<Parameters>
<Name>Value</Name>
<Name>Value</Name>
</Parameters>
</Sample>
So the XML should contain the property value of the attribute "Name" as XML-Element Name.
Update 20.05.2015
I have the following XML content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" ?>
<ProcessData>
<ID>123456</ID>
<IDYTPE>BASEPLATE</IDYTPE>
<State>FAIL</State>
<Recipe>654321</Recipe>
<ProcessDataParameter>
<test_0>0</test_0>
<test_1>12,34</test_1>
<test_2>24,68</test_2>
<test_3>37,02</test_3>
<test_4>49,36</test_4>
<test_5>61,7</test_5>
</ProcessDataParameter>
</ProcessData>
When i try to use the following code to deserialize:
public void ReadXml(XmlReader reader)
{
reader.ReadStartElement("ProcessData");
this.Id = reader.ReadElementString("ID");
this.IdType = reader.ReadElementString("IDYTPE");
this.State = reader.ReadElementString("State");
this.Recipe = reader.ReadElementString("Recipe");
reader.ReadStartElement("ProcessDataParameter");
this.ProcessDataParameter = new List<ProcessDataParameter>();
var subTree = reader.ReadSubtree();
while (subTree.Read())
{
if (subTree.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Text)
{
var nm = subTree.LocalName;
//Parameters.Add(new Parameter { Name = nm, Value = subTree.Value });
}
}
reader.ReadEndElement();
}
Everything gets read out fine expect the process data parameters.
It seems like the subTree.Read() just reades the element out of the XML content instead of all elements contained in the .
In the while loop the reader goes through the following values (debuged)
test_0 (start tag)
0 (value between the tag)
test_0 (end tag
and then out of the while.
Seems like the reader sees the as an subtree.
Further only the 0 - value gets recognized as XmlNodeType.Text
You could implement IXmlSerializable and create your own custom serialization behaviour for your Sample class. So in your case something like this should work
[Serializable]
public class Sample : IXmlSerializable
{
public string Something { get; set; }
public List<Parameter> Parameters { get; set; }
public XmlSchema GetSchema()
{
return null;
}
public void ReadXml(XmlReader reader)
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(reader);
Something = doc.SelectSingleNode(#"/Sample/Something").FirstChild.Value;
var parameters = doc.SelectSingleNode(#"/Sample/Parameters");
if (parameters.HasChildNodes)
{
Parameters = new List<Parameter>();
foreach (XmlElement childNode in parameters.ChildNodes)
{
Parameters.Add(new Parameter {Name = childNode.LocalName, Value = childNode.FirstChild.Value});
}
}
}
public void WriteXml(XmlWriter writer)
{
writer.WriteElementString("Something", this.Something);
writer.WriteStartElement("Parameters");
foreach (var parameter in Parameters)
{
writer.WriteElementString(parameter.Name, parameter.Value);
}
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
}
Updated to include ReadXml implementation for deserialization
I'm not quite sure if the ReadXml is complete as I can't test this now, you might have to tweak it a bit for the Parameters
Try this
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Sample sample = new Sample(){
Something = "1234512345112345",
Parameters = new List<Parameter>(){
new Parameter(){
Name = new List<string>(){"Value", "Value"}
}
}
};
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Sample));
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(FILENAME);
serializer.Serialize(writer, sample);
writer.Flush();
writer.Close();
writer.Dispose();
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Sample));
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(FILENAME);
Sample newSample = (Sample)xs.Deserialize(reader);
}
}
[XmlRoot("Sample")]
public class Sample
{
[XmlElement("Something")]
public string Something { get; set; }
[XmlElement("Parameters")]
public List<Parameter> Parameters { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot("Parameters")]
public class Parameter
{
[XmlElement("Name")]
public List<string> Name { get; set; }
}
}
I want to add at the top of my xml file some notes for the user who reads it. I am not sure how to do this though with xml serialization.
I was looking at this post
C# XML Insert comment into XML after xml tag
XDocument document = new XDocument();
document.Add(new XComment("Product XY Version 1.0.0.0"));
using (var writer = document.CreateWriter())
{
serializer.WriteObject(writer, graph);
}
document.Save(Console.Out);
but I am not really sure what is going on and how to add this to my code. Basically I just have some classes that I serialize into xml and stick it in a memory stream.
So I am not sure at what point I should add the comments into.
Thanks
Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
[XmlRoot("Course")]
public class MyWrapper
{
public MyWrapper()
{
TaskList = new List<Tasks>();
}
[XmlElement("courseName")]
public string CourseName { get; set; }
[XmlElement("backgroundColor")]
public string BackgroundColor { get; set; }
[XmlElement("fontColor")]
public string FontColor { get; set; }
[XmlElement("sharingKey")]
public Guid SharingKey { get; set; }
[XmlElement("task")]
public List<Tasks> TaskList { get; set; }
}
public class Tasks
{
[XmlAttribute("type")]
public string Type { get; set; }
[XmlElement("taskName")]
public string TaskName { get; set; }
[XmlElement("description")]
public string Description { get; set; }
[XmlElement("taskDueDate")]
public DateTime TaskDueDate { get; set; }
[XmlElement("weight")]
public decimal? Weight { get; set; }
[XmlElement("beforeDueDateNotification")]
public int BeforeDueDateNotification { get; set; }
[XmlElement("outOf")]
public decimal? OutOf { get; set; }
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
MyWrapper wrap = new MyWrapper();
wrap.CourseName = "Comp 1510";
wrap.FontColor = "#ffffff";
wrap.BackgroundColor = "#ffffff";
wrap.SharingKey = Guid.NewGuid();
Tasks task = new Tasks()
{
TaskName = "First Task",
Type = "Assignment",
TaskDueDate = DateTime.Now,
Description = "description",
BeforeDueDateNotification = 30,
OutOf = 50.4M
};
wrap.TaskList.Add(task);
var stream = SerializeToXML(wrap);
}
static public MemoryStream SerializeToXML(MyWrapper list)
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyWrapper));
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
serializer.Serialize(stream, course);
return stream;
}
}
}
Just put an XmlWriter as an intermediate level between the MemoryStream and the XmlSerializer:
static public MemoryStream SerializeToXML(MyWrapper list)
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyWrapper));
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(stream);
writer.WriteStartDocument();
writer.WriteComment("Product XY Version 1.0.0.0");
serializer.Serialize(writer, course);
writer.WriteEndDocument();
writer.Flush();
return stream;
}
Your can add any XML before and after the serialized object graph (as long as the result is valid XML).