Serialises a class structure
shared Serialize(item as Object,
rootName as String) as EinhugurXml.Document
Parameters
- item
- The item to be serialized
- rootName
- name of the root.
Returns
- EinhugurXml.Document
- Returns EinhugurXml.Document with the serialised class structure.
Remarks
All classes that are serialized must have a default constructor that has no parameters.
// Serialize our data
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var xmlDoc as EinhugurXml.Document = XmlSerialization.XmlSerializer.Serialize(facility1,"Facility")
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// In this example then Facility was complex Xojo class with the following structure:
// Facility
// -> Address as Address
// ——> City as String
// ——> Country as String
// ——> PostalCode as String
// ——> State as String
// ——> Street as String
// -> Customers() as Customer
// ——> ID as String
// ——> CreditLimit as Integer
// ——> FirstName as String
// ——> MiddleName as String
// ——> LastName as String
// ——> ShippingAddresses() as Address
// ————> City as String
// ————> Country as String
// ————> PostalCode as String
// ————> State as String
// ————> Street as String
// -> Employees() as Employee
// ——> D as String
// ——> DateOfBirth as DateTime
// ——> FirstName as String
// ——> MiddleName as String
// ——> LastName as String