Controlling order of serialization

[Daniel Lidström]

Hello,

how can I control the order of which elements are serialized. For example,
my class looks like:

public __gc class Author {
public:
Author();

// get/set methods

[System::Xml::Se rialization::Xm lAttributeAttri bute("createdBy ")]
__property System::String* get_createdBy() ;
__property void set_createdBy(S ystem::String* s);

[System::Xml::Se rialization::Xm lAttributeAttri bute("createdBy Email")]
__property System::String* get_createdByEm ail();
__property void set_createdByEm ail(System::Str ing* s);

protected:

// members

System::String* m_createdBy;
System::String* m_createdByEmai l;
};

And it is serialized like this:
<Author createdByEmail= "so*****@micros oft.com" createdBy="LIDA " />
But I would like it to be serialized like this:
<Author createdBy="LIDA " createdByEmail= "so*****@micros oft.com" />

Thanks!

--
Daniel

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

you wrote

how can I control the order of which elements are serialized?
But really you are asking about the order of ATTRIBUTES, not ELEMENTS.

The order of attributes is not semantically important in XML Schema.

I don't believe this is "officially " controllable from the documented XML
Serialization interfaces (APIs and inline code attributes)

-Dino

"Daniel Lidström" <so*****@micros oft.com> wrote in message
news:f7******** *************** *****@40tude.ne t... Hello,

how can I control the order of which elements are serialized. For example,
my class looks like:

public __gc class Author {
public:
Author();

// get/set methods

[System::Xml::Se rialization::Xm lAttributeAttri bute("createdBy ")]
__property System::String* get_createdBy() ;
__property void set_createdBy(S ystem::String* s);

[System::Xml::Se rialization::Xm lAttributeAttri bute("createdBy Email")]
__property System::String* get_createdByEm ail();
__property void set_createdByEm ail(System::Str ing* s);

protected:

// members

System::String* m_createdBy;
System::String* m_createdByEmai l;
};

And it is serialized like this:
<Author createdByEmail= "so*****@micros oft.com" createdBy="LIDA " />
But I would like it to be serialized like this:
<Author createdBy="LIDA " createdByEmail= "so*****@micros oft.com" />

Thanks!

--
Daniel