using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text;

using System.Linq;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

using System.Xml;

using System.Xml.Linq;

using System.Xml.Schema;

using System.IO;

using System.Data;

using System.Runtime.Serialization;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

using System.IO.Compression;

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    //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50304153/xmlserializer-to-c-sharp-object-store-original-xml-element#comment87633181_50304153

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    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "data")]

    public class Data

    {

        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "someattributea")]

        public string Someattributea { get; set; }

        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "someattributeb")]

        public string Someattributeb { get; set; }

        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "someattributec")]

        public string Someattributec { get; set; }

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        [XmlAnyAttribute]

        public XmlAttribute[] Attributes { get; set; }

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        [XmlAnyElement]

        [XmlText] // Captures mixed content at the root level as well as child elements.

        public XmlNode[] ChildNodes { get; set; }

    }

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    [XmlRoot("DataList")]

    public class DataList

    {

        [XmlElement("DataItem", Namespace = "https://Test Namespace")]

        public List<Data> Data { get; set; }

    }

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    class TestClass

    {

        public static void Test()

        {

            var xml = GetXml();

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            var data = xml.LoadFromXml<Data>();

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            var xml2 = data.GetXml();

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            Console.WriteLine(xml2);

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            var data2 = xml2.LoadFromXml<Data>();

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            Assert.IsTrue(data.Someattributea == data2.Someattributea && data.Someattributeb == data2.Someattributeb && data.Someattributec == data2.Someattributec);

            data2.Someattributea = "replacement value for Someattributea";

            data2.Someattributeb = null;

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            var xml3 = data2.GetXml();

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            Console.WriteLine(xml3);

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            var data3 = xml3.LoadFromXml<Data>();

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            Assert.IsTrue(data3.Someattributea == data2.Someattributea && data3.Someattributeb == data2.Someattributeb && data3.Someattributec == data2.Someattributec);

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            Assert.IsTrue(XElement.Parse(xml3).Attributes().Select(a => a.Value).SequenceEqual(XElement.Parse(data3.GetXml()).Attributes().Select(a => a.Value)));

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            TestDatalist(data);

        }

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        static void TestDatalist(Data data)

        {

            Console.WriteLine("\nTesting a list of {0}.", data);

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            var dataList = new DataList

            {

                Data = new List<Data>

                {

                    data.GetXml().LoadFromXml<Data>(),

                    data.GetXml().LoadFromXml<Data>(),

                },

            };

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            var xml = dataList.GetXml();

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            Console.WriteLine(xml);

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            var dataList2 = xml.LoadFromXml<DataList>();

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            var xml2 = dataList2.GetXml();

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            Console.WriteLine(xml2);

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            Assert.IsTrue(dataList.Data.Count == dataList2.Data.Count);

        }

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        static string GetXml()

        {

            var xml = @"<data someattributea="""" someattributeb="""" someattributec="""" ExtraAttr="""" xmlns:p1=""http://SomeTestNamespace.com"" p1:someattributec=""namespace attr"" />";

            return xml;

        }

    }

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    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);

            }

        }

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        public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, bool omitStandardNamespaces)

        {

            return obj.GetXml(null, omitStandardNamespaces);

        }

        public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, XmlSerializer serializer = null, bool omitStandardNamespaces = false)

        {

            XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = null;

            if (omitStandardNamespaces)

            {

                ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();

                ns.Add("", ""); // Disable the xmlns:xsi and xmlns:xsd lines.

            }           

            using (var textWriter = new StringWriter())

            {

                var settings = new XmlWriterSettings() { Indent = true }; // For cosmetic purposes.

                using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(textWriter, settings))

                    (serializer ?? new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType())).Serialize(xmlWriter, obj, ns);

                return textWriter.ToString();

            }

        }

    }

    public class AssertionFailedException : System.Exception

    {

        public AssertionFailedException() : base() { }

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        public AssertionFailedException(string s) : base(s) { }

    }

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    public static class Assert

    {

        public static void IsTrue(bool value)

        {

            IsTrue(value, "failed");

        }

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        public static void IsTrue(bool value, string message)

        {

            if (value == false)

                throw new AssertionFailedException(message ?? "failed");

        }

    }

    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main()

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Roslyn 2.0 Compiler; Environment version: " + Environment.Version);

            Console.WriteLine();

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            try

            {

                TestClass.Test();

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Uncaught exception: ");

                Console.WriteLine(ex);

                throw;

            }

        }

    }

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