Conversion of XmlText enum attributes

[Michel]

Hi there,

I have an enum field that I serialize:

[XmlAttribute("direction"), XmlText(typeof(ParameterDirection))]
public ParameterDirection Direction = ParameterDirection.Out;

The enum looks like this:
public enum ParameterDirection { In, Out, Both };

In the generated XML, the value has to be lowercase. But, since "In" is a
reserved word, I cannot have this as an enum value.

How can I do this in a generic way?

Any help appreciated,
Thanks,
Michel

[Derek Harmon]

"Michel" <mi****@nospam.nl> wrote in message news:c0**********@reader11.wxs.nl...

public enum ParameterDirection { In, Out, Both };

In the generated XML, the value has to be lowercase. But, since "In" is a
reserved word, I cannot have this as an enum value.

How can I do this in a generic way?

The XmlEnumAttribute can be applied to the members of an Enum to
alter the text representation of their value emitted by XmlSerializer.

public enum ParameterDirection {
[XmlEnum( "in")] In,
[XmlEnum( "out")] Out,
[XmlEnum( "both")] Both
};

That should be all you need to make it work.
Derek Harmon

[Michel]

Thanks Derek,

Exactly what I needed.

"Derek Harmon" <lo*******@msn.com> wrote in message
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"Michel" <mi****@nospam.nl> wrote in message

news:c0**********@reader11.wxs.nl...

public enum ParameterDirection { In, Out, Both };

In the generated XML, the value has to be lowercase. But, since "In" is a reserved word, I cannot have this as an enum value.

How can I do this in a generic way?

The XmlEnumAttribute can be applied to the members of an Enum to
alter the text representation of their value emitted by XmlSerializer.

public enum ParameterDirection {
[XmlEnum( "in")] In,
[XmlEnum( "out")] Out,
[XmlEnum( "both")] Both
};

That should be all you need to make it work.
Derek Harmon