// You must apply a DataContractAttribute or SerializableAttribute
// to a class to have it serialized by the NetDataContractSerializer.
[DataContract(Name = "Customer", Namespace = "http://www.contoso.com")]
class Person : IExtensibleDataObject
{
    [DataMember()]
    public string FirstName;
    [DataMember]
    public string LastName;
    [DataMember()]
    public int ID;

    public Person(string newfName, string newLName, int newID)
    {
        FirstName = newfName;
        LastName = newLName;
        ID = newID;
    }

    private ExtensionDataObject extensionData_Value;

    public ExtensionDataObject ExtensionData
    {
        get
        {
            return extensionData_Value;
        }
        set
        {
            extensionData_Value = value;
        }
    }
}

public sealed class Test
{
    private Test() { }

    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            WriteObject("NetDataContractSerializerExample.xml");
            ReadObject("NetDataContractSerializerExample.xml");
        }

        catch (SerializationException serExc)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Serialization Failed");
            Console.WriteLine(serExc.Message);
        }
        catch (Exception exc)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
            "The serialization operation failed: {0} StackTrace: {1}",
            exc.Message, exc.StackTrace);
        }

        finally
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Press <Enter> to exit....");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

    public static void WriteObject(string fileName)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Creating a Person object and serializing it.");
        Person p1 = new Person("Zighetti", "Barbara", 101);
        FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Create);
        XmlDictionaryWriter writer = XmlDictionaryWriter.CreateTextWriter(fs);
        NetDataContractSerializer ser =
            new NetDataContractSerializer();
        ser.WriteObject(writer, p1);
        writer.Close();
    }

    public static void ReadObject(string fileName)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Deserializing an instance of the object.");
        FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName,
        FileMode.Open);
        XmlDictionaryReader reader =
            XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader(fs, new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas());
        NetDataContractSerializer ser = new NetDataContractSerializer();

        // Deserialize the data and read it from the instance.
        Person deserializedPerson =
            (Person)ser.ReadObject(reader, true);
        fs.Close();
        Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0} {1}, ID: {2}",
        deserializedPerson.FirstName, deserializedPerson.LastName,
        deserializedPerson.ID));
    }
}

FileStream fs = new FileStream("mystuff.xml", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
XElement myElement = new XElement("Parent", new XElement("child1", "form"),
    new XElement("child2", "base"),
    new XElement("child3", "formbase")
    );
NetDataContractSerializer dcs = new NetDataContractSerializer();
dcs.WriteObject(fs, myElement);