Controlling the order of serialized elements

[Mark C. Neustadt]

Okay, okay... from what I can find, I'm gonna be out of luck. I also
understand that it *shouldn't* matter but it does. I'm trying to send
some XML to Amazon and they're requiring the nodes to be in a specific
order. I am supposed to send the elements in the following
order:AmazonOrderID, MerchantOrderID, StatusCode and then a collection
of Item elements.

When I serialize my object, the XML is putting the StatusCode element
after the collection of item elements. AAAARRRGGH!!! I can't figure
out how to move the status code element ahead of the Item collection
and Amazon won't accept the feed if it's not!

Can anyone out there help me?

Here's the definition of the elements in my code:
Public AmazonOrderID As String
Public MerchantOrderID As String
<XmlElement("StatusCode")> Public Property StatusCode() As
StatusCode
Get
Return _StatusCode
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As StatusCode)
_StatusCode = Value
End Set
End Property
<XmlElement()> Public Item() As structOrderAckItem

Private _StatusCode As StatusCode

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

if you convert the StatusCode to a field and not a property, what happens?
I think xml serialization is done in this order:
all public fields, in the order they are defined
all public properties, in the order they are defined

So if you have all fields or all properties, then the order the elements
appear in xml serialization is just as they have been defined in source
code. If you have a mix of fields and properties, then the order for xml
serialization is different than the order as declared in source code.

-Dino
"Mark C. Neustadt" <ma**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Okay, okay... from what I can find, I'm gonna be out of luck. I also
understand that it *shouldn't* matter but it does. I'm trying to send
some XML to Amazon and they're requiring the nodes to be in a specific
order. I am supposed to send the elements in the following
order:AmazonOrderID, MerchantOrderID, StatusCode and then a collection
of Item elements.

When I serialize my object, the XML is putting the StatusCode element
after the collection of item elements. AAAARRRGGH!!! I can't figure
out how to move the status code element ahead of the Item collection
and Amazon won't accept the feed if it's not!

Can anyone out there help me?

Here's the definition of the elements in my code:
Public AmazonOrderID As String
Public MerchantOrderID As String
<XmlElement("StatusCode")> Public Property StatusCode() As
StatusCode
Get
Return _StatusCode
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As StatusCode)
_StatusCode = Value
End Set
End Property
<XmlElement()> Public Item() As structOrderAckItem

Private _StatusCode As StatusCode

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

if you convert the StatusCode to a field and not a property, what happens?
I think xml serialization is done in this order:
all public fields, in the order they are defined
all public properties, in the order they are defined

So if you have all fields or all properties, then the order the elements
appear in xml serialization is just as they have been defined in source
code. If you have a mix of fields and properties, then the order for xml
serialization is different than the order as declared in source code.

-Dino
"Mark C. Neustadt" <ma**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:d2**************************@posting.google.c om...

Okay, okay... from what I can find, I'm gonna be out of luck. I also
understand that it *shouldn't* matter but it does. I'm trying to send
some XML to Amazon and they're requiring the nodes to be in a specific
order. I am supposed to send the elements in the following
order:AmazonOrderID, MerchantOrderID, StatusCode and then a collection
of Item elements.

When I serialize my object, the XML is putting the StatusCode element
after the collection of item elements. AAAARRRGGH!!! I can't figure
out how to move the status code element ahead of the Item collection
and Amazon won't accept the feed if it's not!

Can anyone out there help me?

Here's the definition of the elements in my code:
Public AmazonOrderID As String
Public MerchantOrderID As String
<XmlElement("StatusCode")> Public Property StatusCode() As
StatusCode
Get
Return _StatusCode
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As StatusCode)
_StatusCode = Value
End Set
End Property
<XmlElement()> Public Item() As structOrderAckItem

Private _StatusCode As StatusCode

[Mark Neustadt]

BINGO BABY! Thanks 10^6!!

I initially had the thing setup as a property so that I could use an
enumeration to get the value out the way I needed it. I found that by
changing it to a defined type and then putting <XMLEnum()> before the
enumerated values, it works perfectly.

I hope this little code snippet helps people out. Working with Amazon
has been very difficult. My code now looks like this:

<Serializable(), XmlRoot("OrderAcknowledgement")> _
Public Class OrderAcknowledgement
Public AmazonOrderID As String
Public MerchantOrderID As String
Public StatusCode As StatusCodes
<XmlElement()> Public Item() As structOrderAckItem
End Class

Public Enum StatusCodes As Integer
<XmlEnum()> Success = 0
<XmlEnum()> Failure
End Enum

Public Structure structOrderAckItem
Public AmazonOrderItemCode As String
Public MerchantOrderItemID As String
End Structure
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[Mark Neustadt]

BINGO BABY! Thanks 10^6!!

I initially had the thing setup as a property so that I could use an
enumeration to get the value out the way I needed it. I found that by
changing it to a defined type and then putting <XMLEnum()> before the
enumerated values, it works perfectly.

I hope this little code snippet helps people out. Working with Amazon
has been very difficult. My code now looks like this:

<Serializable(), XmlRoot("OrderAcknowledgement")> _
Public Class OrderAcknowledgement
Public AmazonOrderID As String
Public MerchantOrderID As String
Public StatusCode As StatusCodes
<XmlElement()> Public Item() As structOrderAckItem
End Class

Public Enum StatusCodes As Integer
<XmlEnum()> Success = 0
<XmlEnum()> Failure
End Enum

Public Structure structOrderAckItem
Public AmazonOrderItemCode As String
Public MerchantOrderItemID As String
End Structure
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[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

you should blog this. (do you have one? )

"Mark Neustadt" <ma**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
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BINGO BABY! Thanks 10^6!!

I initially had the thing setup as a property so that I could use an
enumeration to get the value out the way I needed it. I found that by
changing it to a defined type and then putting <XMLEnum()> before the
enumerated values, it works perfectly.

I hope this little code snippet helps people out. Working with Amazon
has been very difficult. My code now looks like this:

<Serializable(), XmlRoot("OrderAcknowledgement")> _
Public Class OrderAcknowledgement
Public AmazonOrderID As String
Public MerchantOrderID As String
Public StatusCode As StatusCodes
<XmlElement()> Public Item() As structOrderAckItem
End Class

Public Enum StatusCodes As Integer
<XmlEnum()> Success = 0
<XmlEnum()> Failure
End Enum

Public Structure structOrderAckItem
Public AmazonOrderItemCode As String
Public MerchantOrderItemID As String
End Structure
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[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

you should blog this. (do you have one? )

"Mark Neustadt" <ma**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ee**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

BINGO BABY! Thanks 10^6!!

I initially had the thing setup as a property so that I could use an
enumeration to get the value out the way I needed it. I found that by
changing it to a defined type and then putting <XMLEnum()> before the
enumerated values, it works perfectly.

I hope this little code snippet helps people out. Working with Amazon
has been very difficult. My code now looks like this:

<Serializable(), XmlRoot("OrderAcknowledgement")> _
Public Class OrderAcknowledgement
Public AmazonOrderID As String
Public MerchantOrderID As String
Public StatusCode As StatusCodes
<XmlElement()> Public Item() As structOrderAckItem
End Class

Public Enum StatusCodes As Integer
<XmlEnum()> Success = 0
<XmlEnum()> Failure
End Enum

Public Structure structOrderAckItem
Public AmazonOrderItemCode As String
Public MerchantOrderItemID As String
End Structure
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[Mark Neustadt]

That's a good idea. I do have a blog but it wouldn't really be right
for this kind of post. I created a new blog.

http://markstechnoblog.blogspot.com/

Thanks a million (again) for your help. I gave you credit in my blog
post about this issue and also referred to you as a good friend. I hope
you're okay with that. :-)

MCN

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[Mark Neustadt]

That's a good idea. I do have a blog but it wouldn't really be right
for this kind of post. I created a new blog.

http://markstechnoblog.blogspot.com/

Thanks a million (again) for your help. I gave you credit in my blog
post about this issue and also referred to you as a good friend. I hope
you're okay with that. :-)

MCN

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[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

you betcha.
one can never have too many friends!
:)

"Mark Neustadt" <ma**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
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That's a good idea. I do have a blog but it wouldn't really be right
for this kind of post. I created a new blog.

http://markstechnoblog.blogspot.com/

Thanks a million (again) for your help. I gave you credit in my blog
post about this issue and also referred to you as a good friend. I hope
you're okay with that. :-)

MCN

------------------------------
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Full Compass Systems, LTD.
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[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

you betcha.
one can never have too many friends!
:)

"Mark Neustadt" <ma**********@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uA**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

That's a good idea. I do have a blog but it wouldn't really be right
for this kind of post. I created a new blog.

http://markstechnoblog.blogspot.com/

Thanks a million (again) for your help. I gave you credit in my blog
post about this issue and also referred to you as a good friend. I hope
you're okay with that. :-)

MCN

------------------------------
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Full Compass Systems, LTD.
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