streaming XML serialization in .net
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Published on 2009-04-06T13:51:41Z
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Hello,
I'm trying to serialize a very large IEnumerable<MyObject>
using an XmlSerializer
without keeping all the objects in memory.
The IEnumerable<MyObject>
is actually lazy..
I'm looking for a streaming solution that will:
Take an object from the
IEnumerable<MyObject>
Serialize it to the underlying stream using the standard serialization (I don't want to handcraft the XML here!)- Discard the in memory data and move to the next
I'm trying with this code:
using (var writer = new StreamWriter(filePath))
{
var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyObject));
foreach (var myObject in myObjectsIEnumerable)
{
xmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, myObject);
}
}
but I'm getting multiple XML headers and I cannot specify a root tag <MyObjects>
so my XML is invalid.
Any idea?
Thanks
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