This sample code demonstrates how to show an instance of an object in XML format on a page. It encodes the xml serialized string and dumps it as a code into a placeholder.
public void ShowXmlObject<T>( T instance)
{
var ms = new MemoryStream();
System.Xml.XmlTextWriter writer = new System.Xml.XmlTextWriter(ms, Encoding.Unicode);
var serializer = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
serializer.Serialize(writer, instance);
writer.Flush();
ms.Position = 0;
var reader = new StreamReader(ms);
LogCode(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(IndentXml(reader.ReadToEnd())));
}
public string IndentXml(string xml)
{
var p = xml.LastIndexOf(“?>”);
if (p > 0)
xml = xml.Substring(p + 2);
var doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xml);
var settings = new System.Xml.XmlWriterSettings();
settings.Indent = true;
settings.IndentChars = ” “;
settings.NewLineChars = “rn”;
settings.NewLineHandling = System.Xml.NewLineHandling.None;
var sbOutput = new StringBuilder();
var writer = System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(sbOutput, settings);
doc.Save(writer);
writer.Close();
return sbOutput.ToString();
}
public void LogCode(string message)
{
placeResult.Controls.Add(new Literal() { Text = "<pre><code>" + message + "</code></pre>" });
}
