Serialization in C# - is there another way to solve my problem?

[Paul Johnson]

Hi,

I've got a really dumb and probably very simple question to answer.

I've serialized a class and am passing it between other classes (see below). Is there a way *other than what I have done* so that when control is return to Main, the output is what it should be (see the comments).

Ideally, I'd set in class 2 for Main to be able access the information.

Thanks

Paul

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace serialize
{
        [Serializable]
        public class testing
        {
                public double a;
                public float b;
                public int c;
                public List<string> d = new List<string>();
                public string e;
                
                public double A
                {
                        get { return a; }
                        set { a = value; }
                }
                
                public float B
                {
                        get {return b; }
                        set {b = value;}
                }
                
                public int C
                {
                        get {return c;}
                        set {c = value;}
                }
                
                public string E
                {
                        get {return e;}
                        set {e = value;}
                }
        }
                
        class MainClass
        {
                public static void Main (string[] args)
                {
                        Console.WriteLine ("Serialize test");
                        testing t = new testing();
                        XmlSerializer x  = new XmlSerializer(t.GetType
());
                        StringWriter o = new StringWriter();
                        x.Serialize(o, t);
                        Console.WriteLine("Done - Serialized data =
{0}", o.ToString());
                        class1 c1 = new class1();
                        c1.printsomething(o.ToString());
                        class2 c2 = new class2();
                        t = c2.dosomething(o.ToString());
                        Console.WriteLine (t.B); // should read 3.14
                        foreach(string s in t.d)
                                Console.WriteLine (s); // should read
wibble and Darn
                        Console.ReadKey();
                }
        }
        
        class class1
        {
                static testing t;
                public void printsomething(string s)
                {
                        XmlSerializer x = new
XmlSerializer(typeof(testing));
                        StringReader m = new StringReader(s);
                        t = (testing)x.Deserialize(m);
                        fireoff();
                        Console.WriteLine (t.E);
                        Console.WriteLine (t.C);
                }
                
                private void fireoff()
                {
                        t.E = "Wibble";
                        t.C = 3;
                }
        }
        
        class class2
        {
                testing t;
                public testing dosomething(string s)
                {
                        XmlSerializer x = new
XmlSerializer(typeof(testing));
                        StringReader m = new StringReader(s);
                        t = (testing)x.Deserialize (m);
                        t.B = 3.14f;
                        t.d.Add("wibble");
                        t.d.Add ("Darn");
                        return t;
                }
        }
}