Question

I had a place class define as follow:

    public class place
    {
            public string placeID { get; set; }
            public string placeCatID { get; set; }
            public string placeName { get; set; }
    }

And the data store in a list call placelist

    List<place> placelist = new List<place>();

Can guide me how to convert the placelist to a string or export it and save it into an XML file format as follow:

    <place>
            <pID>0001</pID>
            <pCatID>C1</pID>
            <pName>Location 1</pName>
    </place>
    <place>
            <pID>0002</pID>
            <pCatID>C1</pID>
            <pName>Location 2</pName>
    </place>

Language using is C#

Thanks.

Answer 1

In short, following options are availiable:

• How to: Serialize Using DataContractSerializer (C#): DataContractSerializer
• LINQ to XML (C#)
• You may also benefit from Examples of XML Serialization