using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.IO.Compression;
[XmlInclude(typeof(MyEnum)), XmlInclude(typeof(SomeOtherEnum)), XmlInclude(typeof(SomeOtherClass)) ]
public class ValueContainer
public static void Test()
Console.WriteLine("{0}.{1}: Type.GetTypeCode={2}, Int32 XML={3}",
Type.GetTypeCode(MyEnum.One.GetType()),
XmlConvert.ToString((int)MyEnum.One));
Console.WriteLine(new ValueContainer { Value = MyEnum.One }.GetXml());
Console.WriteLine(new ValueContainer { Value = new SomeOtherClass() }.GetXml());
public enum SomeOtherEnum
public class SomeOtherClass { }
public static class XmlSerializationHelper
public static T LoadFromXml<T>(this string xmlString, XmlSerializer serial = null)
serial = serial ?? new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
using (var reader = new StringReader(xmlString))
return (T)serial.Deserialize(reader);
public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, XmlSerializer serializer = null, bool omitStandardNamespaces = false)
XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = null;
if (omitStandardNamespaces)
ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
using (var textWriter = new StringWriter())
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings() { Indent = true, OmitXmlDeclaration = true };
using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(textWriter, settings))
(serializer ?? new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType())).Serialize(xmlWriter, obj, ns);
return textWriter.ToString();
public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine("Environment version: {0} ({1})", System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription , GetNetCoreVersion());
Console.WriteLine("XmlSerializer version: {0}.", typeof(XmlSerializer).Assembly.FullName);
Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");
public static string GetNetCoreVersion()
var assembly = typeof(System.Runtime.GCSettings).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
var assemblyPath = assembly.CodeBase.Split(new[] { '/', '\\' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
int netCoreAppIndex = Array.IndexOf(assemblyPath, "Microsoft.NETCore.App");
if (netCoreAppIndex > 0 && netCoreAppIndex < assemblyPath.Length - 2)
return assemblyPath[netCoreAppIndex + 1];