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Use XmlSerializer

  



using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

public class MainClass {      //new products object
    public static void Main() {
        Product newPd;
        FileStream f = new FileStream("serialprod.xml", FileMode.Open);
        XmlSerializer newSr = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Product));
        newPd = (Product)newSr.Deserialize(f);
        f.Close();
    }
}
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute()]
public class Product {
    private int prodId;
    private string prodName;
    private int suppId;
    private int catId;
    private string qtyPerUnit;
    private Decimal unitPrice;
    private short unitsInStock;
    private short unitsOnOrder;
    private short reorderLvl;
    private bool discont;
    private int disc;

    [XmlAttributeAttribute(AttributeName = "Discount")]
    public int Discount {
        get { return disc; }
        set { disc = value; }
    }

    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public int ProductID {
        get { return prodId; }
        set { prodId = value; }
    }
    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public string ProductName {
        get { return prodName; }
        set { prodName = value; }
    }
    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public int SupplierID {
        get { return suppId; }
        set { suppId = value; }
    }

    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public int CategoryID {
        get { return catId; }
        set { catId = value; }
    }

    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public string QuantityPerUnit {
        get { return qtyPerUnit; }
        set { qtyPerUnit = value; }
    }

    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public Decimal UnitPrice {
        get { return unitPrice; }
        set { unitPrice = value; }
    }

    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public short UnitsInStock {
        get { return unitsInStock; }
        set { unitsInStock = value; }
    }

    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public short UnitsOnOrder {
        get { return unitsOnOrder; }
        set { unitsOnOrder = value; }
    }

    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public short ReorderLevel {
        get { return reorderLvl; }
        set { reorderLvl = value; }
    }

    [XmlElementAttribute()]
    public bool Discontinued {
        get { return discont; }
        set { discont = value; }
    }

}


public class Inventory {

    private Product[] stuff;
    public Inventory() { }
    [XmlArrayItem("Prod", typeof(Product)),
    XmlArrayItem("Book", typeof(BookProduct))]

    public Product[] InventoryItems {
        get { return stuff; }
        set { stuff = value; }
    }

}

public class BookProduct : Product {
    private string isbnNum;

    public BookProduct() { }

    public string ISBN {
        get { return isbnNum; }
        set { isbnNum = value; }
    }

}

           
         
    
  








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