How to: Remove xml header and all default namespaces

[Shimon Sim]

Hi
I am writing some integration project. I need to create XML from object data
but I don't need xml header and all the default namespaces.
My current (testing) code is:
Request request = new RequestGroup();

XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(RequestGroup));
MemoryStream stream =new MemoryStream();

StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream);

serializer.Serialize(writer,requestGroup);

stream.Position = 0;

byte[] data=new byte[stream.Length];

stream.Read(data, 0, (int)stream.Length);

String result = new string(Encoding.Default.GetChars(data));

textXml.Text = result;

Thanks,

Shimon

[Martin Honnen]

Shimon Sim wrote:

I am writing some integration project. I need to create XML from object data
but I don't need xml header and all the default namespaces.
My current (testing) code is:
Request request = new RequestGroup();

XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(RequestGroup));

If "xml header" means the XML declaration (e.g. <?xml version="1.0"?>)
then you can get rid of it by using an XmlWriter with XmlWriterSettings
where OmitXmlDeclaration is being set to true e.g. C# pseudo code

XmlWriterSettings writerSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
writerSettings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true;
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter,
writerSettings))
{
serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, request);
}
textXml.Text = stringWriter.ToString();
I guess with "all the default namespaces" you are referring to the
xmlns:xsi and xmlns:xsd namespace declarations the serializer adds to
the root element. I don't think there is a setting to get rid of them so
more effort than above is needed, for instance a custom XmlWriter
implementation that supresses the writing of the xmlns attributes.
--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Shimon Sim]

Thanks for your answer.
Shimon
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Shimon Sim wrote:

>I am writing some integration project. I need to create XML from object
data but I don't need xml header and all the default namespaces.
My current (testing) code is:
Request request = new RequestGroup();

XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(RequestGroup));

If "xml header" means the XML declaration (e.g. <?xml version="1.0"?>)
then you can get rid of it by using an XmlWriter with XmlWriterSettings
where OmitXmlDeclaration is being set to true e.g. C# pseudo code

XmlWriterSettings writerSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
writerSettings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true;
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter,
writerSettings))
{
serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, request);
}
textXml.Text = stringWriter.ToString();
I guess with "all the default namespaces" you are referring to the
xmlns:xsi and xmlns:xsd namespace declarations the serializer adds to the
root element. I don't think there is a setting to get rid of them so more
effort than above is needed, for instance a custom XmlWriter
implementation that supresses the writing of the xmlns attributes.
--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/