"Raterus" <raterus@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%238C0OAfGFHA.3072@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> What is the best way to take the results from the XmlSerializer and convert it into
> an XmlDocument.
: :
> Can someone point me in the right direction as to the best way to do this?

> I can serialize the class to a file, then load the file, but that is like going
> around my elbow to get to my thumb!, there has to be a better way!

"Derek Harmon" <loresayer@msn.com> wrote in message =
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> "Raterus" <raterus@hotmail.com> wrote in message =
news:%238C0OAfGFHA.3072@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> What is the best way to take the results from the XmlSerializer and =
convert it into
>> an XmlDocument.
> : :
>> Can someone point me in the right direction as to the best way to do =
this?
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> Create an empty XmlDocument, like this
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> XmlDocument doc =3D new XmlDocument( );
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> then use Chris Lovett's XmlNodeWriter [1] to wrap the XmlDocument and
> pipe the serialization calls to it through Serialize( )'s XmlWriter =
argument,
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> serializer.Serialize( obj, new XmlNodeWriter( doc) );
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>> I can serialize the class to a file, then load the file, but that is =
like going
>> around my elbow to get to my thumb!, there has to be a better way!
>=20
> If you don't like using the XmlNodeWriter then alternatively, you can
> dispatch with the File altogether and serialize to a String or Memory-
> Stream (take your choice; everybody has their favorite) and wrap
> that in a StringWriter / StreamWriter to pipe the results through the
> Serialize( )'s TextWriter argument.
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> Then use doc.LoadXml( ) or re-set the Position of your Memory-
> Stream to 0 and then use doc.Load( new StreamReader( ms) ) on
> it.
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> Dispatching with the File makes this more like going around your
> wrist to get to your thumb.
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> XmlNodeWriter should be present in the System.Xml namespace of
> .NET 2.0 (present as of Beta 1; can't imagine it'd get pulled though),
> so if your application targets 2.0 it'll simplify matters greatly for =
you.
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>=20
> Derek Harmon
> ___
> [1] - Chris Lovett's XmlNodeWriter on GotDotNet
> =

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