namespace DataContractSerializerExample
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Runtime.Serialization;
    using System.Xml;

    // You must apply a DataContractAttribute or SerializableAttribute
    // to a class to have it serialized by the DataContractSerializer.
    [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("DataContractSerializerExample.xml");
                ReadObject("DataContractSerializerExample.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 writer = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Create);
            DataContractSerializer ser =
                new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Person));
            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());
            DataContractSerializer ser = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Person));

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