XML Serialization
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The following sample code demonstrates how to serialize an entity to an XML string.
Example
[C#]
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
public static string ToString(object o)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(o.GetType());
XmlRootAttribute root = new XmlRootAttribute(o.GetType().Name);
root.Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2006/WebServices";
TextWriter writer = new StringWriter(sb);
serializer.Serialize(writer, o);
return sb.ToString();
}
public static object ToObject(Type t, string s)
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(t);
TextReader reader = new StringReader(s);
object o = null;
try
{
o = serializer.Deserialize(reader);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
// Failed to convert XML to object.
}
return o;
}
Example
The following code snippet shows how to call the methods above to serialize an account entity instance to an XML string.
[C#]
// Set up the CRM service.
CrmService service = new CrmService();
service.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
// Retrieve an account.
account acctR = (account)service.Retrieve(EntityName.account.ToString(),
acctGUID, new AllColumns());
// Call the serialization method.
string strAccount = ToString(acctR);
// Now convert that string back to an account object.
account myAcct= (account)ToObject(typeof(account), strAccount);