Possible Bug in .net xml serialization

[rohits79]

Rohit [ro******@yahoo.com]

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
[Serializable()]
public class tResponseGeneralInfo
{
public long ProfileNumber;

public bool ProfileNumberSpecified;

}

class Class1
{
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
tResponseGeneralInfo obj = new
tResponseGeneralInfo();
obj.ProfileNumber = 23;

XmlDocument oXmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
oXmlDoc.Load(m_Serialize(obj));
}

private static MemoryStream m_Serialize(object obj)
{
try
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new
XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
serializer.Serialize(ms, obj);
ms.Position = 0;
return ms;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
}
}
The xml generates but without the attribute "ProfileNumber", the funny
party is when i change the variable name ProfileNumberSpecified to
something else it works as expected
"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><tResponseGeneralInfo
xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"><ProfileNumberSp
ecified>false</ProfileNumberSpecified></tResponseGeneralInf

[rohits79]

Hi,

For XML Serializer variable names ending with the word specified is a
special case/pattern and is treated especially

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/swxzdhc0
-----------
Another option is to use a special pattern to create a Boolean field
recognized by the XmlSerializer, and to apply the XmlIgnoreAttribute to
the field. The pattern is created in the form of propertyNameSpecified.
For example, if there is a field named "MyFirstName" you would also
create a field named "MyFirstNameSpecified" that instructs the
XmlSerializer whether or not to generate the XML element named
"MyFirstName". This is shown in the following example.
-----------

thanks
rohit


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Rohit [ro******@yahoo.com]

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
[Serializable()]
public class tResponseGeneralInfo
{
public long ProfileNumber;

public bool ProfileNumberSpecified;

}

class Class1
{
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
tResponseGeneralInfo obj = new
tResponseGeneralInfo();
obj.ProfileNumber = 23;

XmlDocument oXmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
oXmlDoc.Load(m_Serialize(obj));
}

private static MemoryStream m_Serialize(object obj)
{
try
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new
XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
serializer.Serialize(ms, obj);
ms.Position = 0;
return ms;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
}
}
The xml generates but without the attribute "ProfileNumber", the funny
party is when i change the variable name ProfileNumberSpecified to
something else it works as expected
"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><tResponseGeneralInfo
xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"
xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"><ProfileNumberSp
ecified>false</ProfileNumberSpecified></tResponseGeneralInf