如何在不事先知道类型的情况下使用XmlSerializer反序列化可能是基类或派生类的对象？

Question

在C#中,如何在不XmlSerializer事先知道类型的情况下使用an 反序列化可能是基类的对象,或者反序列化任何几个派生类？

我的所有派生类都添加了其他数据成员.我已经制作了一个简单的GUI,可以序列化和反序列化类对象.它将序列化对象,因为任何继承的类(甚至只是基类)都适合于用户选择填充的字段.

我对序列化没有任何问题; 问题是反序列化.如何XmlSerializer在不事先知道类的情况下将反序列化数据传递给正确的派生类？我目前创建一个XmlReader读取XML文件的第一个节点并从中确定类,它似乎适用于我的目的,但它似乎是一个非常不优雅的解决方案.

我在下面发布了一些示例代码.有什么建议？

BaseType objectOfConcern = new BaseType();
XmlSerializer xserializer;
XmlTextReader xtextreader = new XmlTextReader(DEFAULT_FILENAME);

do { xtextreader.Read(); } while (xtextreader.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Element);

string objectType = xtextreader.Name;
xtextreader.Close();

FileStream fstream = new FileStream(DEFAULT_FILENAME, FileMode.Open);

switch (objectType)
    {
case "type1":
    xserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(DerivedType));

    objectOfConcern = (DerivedType)xserializer.Deserialize(fstream);

    //Load fields specific to that derived type here
    whatever = (objectOfConcern as DerivedType).NoOfstreamubordinates.ToString();

    case "xxx_1":
        //code here

    case "xxx_2":
        //code here

    case "xxx_n":
        //code here

        //and so forth

    case "BaseType":
    xserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(BaseType));
    AssignEventHandler(xserializer);
    objectOfConcern = (BaseType)xserializer.Deserialize(fstream);
}

//Assign all deserialized values from base class common to all derived classes here

//Close the FileStream
fstream.Close();

Answer 1

你有一些包含派生类型的根类/标签吗？如果是,您可以使用XmlElementAttribute将标记名称映射到类型:

public class RootElementClass
{
    [XmlElement(ElementName = "Derived1", Type = typeof(Derived1BaseType))]
    [XmlElement(ElementName = "Derived2", Type = typeof(Derived2BaseType))]
    [XmlElement(ElementName = "Derived3", Type = typeof(Derived3BaseType))]
    public BaseType MyProperty { get; set; }
}

public class BaseType { }
public class Derived1BaseType : BaseType { }
public class Derived2BaseType : BaseType { }
public class Derived3BaseType : BaseType { }

Answer 2

如果您不打算使用 ，则XmlSerializer可以将DataContractSerializer与KnownType属性一起使用。

您需要做的就是KnownType为每个子类向父类添加一个属性，DataContractSerializer剩下的将由它们完成。

将DataContractSerializer在序列化为 xml 时添加类型信息，并在反序列化时使用该类型信息来创建正确的类型。

例如下面的代码：

[KnownType( typeof( C2 ) )]
[KnownType( typeof( C3 ) )]
public class C1 {public string P1 {get;set;}}
public class C2 :C1 {public string P2 {get;set;}}
public class C3 :C1 {public string P3 {get;set;}}

class Program
{
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    var c1 = new C1{ P1="c1"};
    var c2 = new C2{ P1="c1", P2="c2"};
    var c3 = new C3{ P1="c1", P3="c3"};

    var s = new DataContractSerializer( typeof( C1 ) );
    Test( c1, s );
    Test( c2, s );
    Test( c3, s );
  }

  static void Test( C1 objectToSerialize, DataContractSerializer serializer )
  {
    using ( var stream = new MemoryStream() )
    {
      serializer.WriteObject( stream, objectToSerialize );
      stream.WriteTo( Console.OpenStandardOutput() );
      stream.Position = 0;
      var deserialized = serializer.ReadObject( stream );
      Console.WriteLine( Environment.NewLine + "Deserialized Type: " + deserialized.GetType().FullName );              
    }
  }
}

将输出：

<C1 xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/ConsoleApplication1" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<P1>c1</P1></C1>

Deserialized Type: ConsoleApplication1.C1

<C1 i:type="C2" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/ConsoleApplication1" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<P1>c1</P1><P2>c2</P2></C1>

Deserialized Type: ConsoleApplication1.C2

<C1 i:type="C3" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/ConsoleApplication1" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<P1>c1</P1><P3>c3</P3></C1>

Deserialized Type: ConsoleApplication1.C3

在输出中，您会注意到 c2 和 c3 的 xml 包含额外的类型信息，允许DataContractSerializer.ReadObject创建正确的类型。

Answer 3

我最近为基类T和T的任何派生类编写了这个通用的serializer\deserializer.到目前为止似乎工作.

Type []数组存储T和T本身的所有派生类型.反序列化器会尝试每一个,并在找到正确的序列时返回.

/// <summary>
/// A generic serializer\deserializer
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
public static class Serializer<T>
{
    /// <summary>
    /// serialize an instance to xml
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="instance"> instance to serialize </param>
    /// <returns> instance as xml string </returns>
    public static string Serialize(T instance)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();

        using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, settings))
        {
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(instance.GetType());
            serializer.Serialize(writer, instance);
        }

        return sb.ToString();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// deserialize an xml into an instance
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="xml"> xml string </param>
    /// <returns> instance </returns>
    public static T Deserialize(string xml)
    {
        using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(xml)))
        {
            foreach (Type t in types)
            {
                XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(t);
                if (serializer.CanDeserialize(reader))
                    return (T)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
            }
        }

        return default(T);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// store all derived types of T:
    /// is used in deserialization
    /// </summary>
    private static Type[] types = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
                                        .SelectMany(s => s.GetTypes())
                                        .Where(t => typeof(T).IsAssignableFrom(t)
                                            && t.IsClass
                                            && !t.IsGenericType)
                                            .ToArray();
}