XMLSerializerMBS.Constructor

XMLSerializerMBS.writeToBuffer(Node as XMLNodeMBS, output as XMLOutputMBS) as String

// parse it
Dim doc As New XMLDocumentMBS("<test id=""123""><f>1</f><f>2</f><f>3</f><f>4</f></test>")

// create serializer
Dim serializer As New XMLSerializerMBS

// options
serializer.NewLine = EndOfLine.macOS

Dim output As New XMLOutputMBS
output.Encoding = "UTF-8"

// and output to string
Dim s As String = serializer.writeToBuffer(doc, output)

Writing a Document or Entity node produces a serialized form that is well formed XML. Writing other node types produces a fragment of text in a form that is not fully defined by this document, but that should be useful to a human for debugging or diagnostic purposes.

node: The Document or Entity node to be written. For other node types, something sensible should be written, but the exact serialized form is not specified.
output: The output for the data to be written.

Returns XML if node was successfully serialized and false in case a failure occured and the failure wasn't canceled by the error handler.

We internally create a memory buffer to output to and return you the output.

XMLSerializerMBS.writeToFile(Node as XMLNodeMBS, File as FolderItem) as Boolean

// parse it
Dim doc As New XMLDocumentMBS("<test id=""123""><f>1</f><f>2</f><f>3</f><f>4</f></test>")

// create serializer
Dim serializer As New XMLSerializerMBS

Dim file As FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.xml")

// and output to string
Dim r As Boolean = serializer.writeToFile(doc, file)

Writing a Document or Entity node produces a serialized form that is well formed XML. Writing other node types produces a fragment of text in a form that is not fully defined by this document, but that should be useful to a human for debugging or diagnostic purposes.

node: The Document or Entity node to be written. For other node types, something sensible should be written, but the exact serialized form is not specified.
uri: The destination for the data to be written.

Returns true if node was successfully serialized and false in case a failure occured and the failure wasn't canceled by the error handler.

XMLSerializerMBS.writeToString(Node as XMLNodeMBS) as String

// parse it
Dim doc As New XMLDocumentMBS("<test id=""123""><f>1</f><f>2</f><f>3</f><f>4</f></test>")

// create serializer
Dim serializer As New XMLSerializerMBS

// options
serializer.NewLine = EndOfLine.macOS

// and output to string
Dim s As String = serializer.writeToString(doc)

The result of serializing the node is returned as a string. Writing a Document or Entity node produces a serialized form that is well formed XML. Writing other node types produces a fragment of text in a form that is not fully defined by this document, but that should be useful to a human for debugging or diagnostic purposes.

node: The node to be written.

Returns the serialized data, or "" in case a failure occured and the failure wasn't canceled by the error handler. The returned string is always marked as UTF-16.

XMLSerializerMBS.writeToURI(Node as XMLNodeMBS, URI as String) as Boolean

// parse it
Dim doc As New XMLDocumentMBS("<test id=""123""><f>1</f><f>2</f><f>3</f><f>4</f></test>")

// create serializer
Dim serializer As New XMLSerializerMBS

Dim file As FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.xml")

// and output to string
Dim r As Boolean = serializer.writeToURI(doc, file.NativePath)

Writing a Document or Entity node produces a serialized form that is well formed XML. Writing other node types produces a fragment of text in a form that is not fully defined by this document, but that should be useful to a human for debugging or diagnostic purposes.

node: The Document or Entity node to be written. For other node types, something sensible should be written, but the exact serialized form is not specified.
uri: The destination for the data to be written.

Returns true if node was successfully serialized and false in case a failure occured and the failure wasn't canceled by the error handler.