Serialization Help!

[bennett]

Hi

I am just trying to get my head into serialization, i have created this

Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.Serialization

<XmlRoot(ElementName:="RESPONSE")> Public Class RESPONSE
    <XmlElementAttribute(ElementName:="AVAILABILITY")> Public AVAILABILITY As AVAILABILITY
End Class
Public Class AVAILABILITY
    <XmlArray(ElementName:="CARS")> <XmlArrayItem(ElementName:="CAR", Type:=GetType(CAR))> Public CAR() As CAR
End Class
Public Class CAR
    <XmlElementAttribute()> Public NAME As String
End Class

I think this should generate XML like this
<RESPONSE>
<AVAILABILITY >
<CARS>
<CAR>
<NAME></NAME>
</CAR>
<CAR>
<NAME></NAME>
</CAR>
<CAR>
<NAME></NAME>
</CAR>
</CARS>
</AVAILABILITY>
</RESPONSE>

How do i add data into this serialization, using an arraylist.

Cheers
Bennett

[Frinavale]

Hi

I am just trying to get my head into serialization, i have created this
...
How do i add data into this serialization, using an arraylist.

Cheers
Bennett

Hi Bennett :)

Welcome to TSDN (aka. theScripts). I hope you like it here!

I think you are doing things the hard way (actually I've never seen serialization done like this).

I suggest you check out the MSDN library.
Start by checking out:

• Introducting XML Serialization
• How to serialize and object
• and Examples of XML Serialization

Hope this helps you out!

-Frinny