So, I'd like to find an XML serializer for generic Delphi components, similar to the XmlSerializer used in the .NET FW.
The real problem with using binary streaming methods such as Stream's WriteComponent and ReadComponent nominally support similar functionality, it isn't:
- C# Serialize Object To File
- Delphi Serialize Object To Xml File
- Xml Serialize C# Class
- C# Serialize To Xml
- User editable
- Terribly safe when dealing with multiple versions of components
- Very effective at saving the state of nested components (Comp1.Comp2, etc.)
The NativeXml and OmniXML open source libraries can convert Delphi objects to XML (not XSD). They support object serialization and deserialization even with Delphi versions before 2010. So it would be possible to use them in a first step to create a XML file, which then can be passed to the Data Binding Wizard for Delphi class code generation. Delphi Serialize Class To Xml. In computer science, in the context of data storage, serialization (or serialisation) is the process. JSON is a lighter plain-text alternative to XML which is also commonly used for client-server communication in. Implementing the interface marks the class as 'okay to serialize', and Java then handles.
- Does anyone have a 'SIMPLE' example of using XML Serialization in Delhi.Net for saving and loading an object. I am having problems trying replicate the ms examples. Specifically, the XmlSerializer.Create where the third of the parameters it an array of Type. Unfortunately, 'Type' is a Delphi keyword used to define a class among other things.
- OXml is the ultimate XML&JSON library for Delphi and FPC/Lazarus. It was written in both performance and versatility in mind. OXml is completely written in Object Pascal and supports all platforms and compilers of Delphi and C Builder. OXml features: XML DOM with XPath and namespace support. Sequential XML DOM parser – in order to parse.
- Forces you to keep an external XML/XSD/etc. file in synch with the code
- Tool-generated, so you can't just edit the code, and have to rely on Adapter classes, or a lot of manual editing
- Also not great for versioning