How do I serialize an object into an XDocument?
I have a class that is marked with DataContract attributes and I would like to create an XDocument from objects of that class. Whats the best way of doing this?
I can do it by going via an XmlDocument but this seems like an unnecessary step.
You can create an XmlWriter directly into the XDocument:
XDocument doc = new XDocument();
using (var writer = doc.CreateWriter())
{
// write xml into the writer
var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(objectToSerialize.GetType());
serializer.WriteObject(writer, objectToSerialize);
}
Console.WriteLine(doc.ToString());