OVSXmlSerializer 1.0.1-beta-4

Odd's Very Special Xml Serializer

..Or OVSXmlSerializer for short.

This is a specialized Xml Serializer that is mainly designed with use in B1NARY, a visual novel about porn on the internet or whatever idfk not important. This is used as a way to encapsulate and update the module over time when needed, typically as dll file or using the Nuget system.

The system itself works very similar to how the XML serializer works normally, but is meant to be worked with the object or more 'undefined' data that the ordinary XML serializer have difficulty handling. You can turn this off for more traditional formatting with the config class, but it does reveal the issue once again. It also breaks completely since its not implemented yet

The wiki serves as Documentation, and this will be reserved on how to use the tool.

Explicit Types

The unique function of this XML serializer over others is its explicit type handling. What this does is that it allows it to reserve its derived types when considering base types, down to the level of object. This feature can be turned on or off.

This feature is enabled by default, but creating XmlSerializerConfig, this can be turned off. It will also implicitly convert System.Xml.XmlWriterSettings to the config to ensure smooth transtion between systems.

Serializing

Like the default system XML serializer, they pose the same requirements such as:

1. Requiring to have a public or private parameterless constructor.
2. Having all fields follow the same constraint as above.

There are two serializers, the generic and the non-generic. The non-generic derives from the generic as object for performance reasons, and is created as instances due to configurations.

The method returns a MemoryStream, a stream that can be used for overriding specific file systems as such, but can be converted to a string if needed by other systems.

The system provides its own interface called IXmlSerializable, which is not the same as the traditional system. Luckily, instead of using XmlReader, it uses a XmlNode instead. XmlWriter is here to stay, though.

Deserializing

Requires the stream or XML file to retrieve the object mentioned by the XML.

Attributes

Here are a few attributes that this supports from System.Xml.Serialization

1. [XmlIgnore] Ignores the field completely