C＃中与XML的进程间通信

Question

I have two applications: X and Y. X has a set of variables (stored in an object of a class), which have to be transferred to Y. I am planning to use an XML-file as a record stored on disk that can be accessed by name by both applications. X writes the data to that XML-file and Y reads it.

I thought I can use XmlSerializer (System.Xml.Serialization) to accomplish this. With XmlSerializer I can create an XML file that looks like this:

<MonsterCollection>
  <Monsters>
    <Monster name="a">
     <Health>5</Health>
    </Monster>
    <Monster name="b">
     <Health>3</Health>
    </Monster>
  </Monsters>
</MonsterCollection>

When Y reads this XML file, it does not know the actual data type of variables Health . Therefore, the original class has to be defined in both X and Y. Is there a way to store the datatypes in the XML-file, as well? In the end, I would like to accomplish something like this:

<Monster name="a" type="" help="This is a monster">
  <var name="Health" type="uint16" val="5" help="Healthiness of this monster" /> 
</Monster>
<Monster name="b" type="" help="This is a monster">
  <var name="Health" type="uint16" val="3" help="Healthiness of this monster" /> 
</Monster>

Answer 1

you can use the below mentioned code

 public class Monster 
{
    [XmlAttribute("name")]
    public string name {get;set;}
    [XmlAttribute("type")]
    public string type {get;set;}
    [XmlAttribute("val")]
    public int val { get; set; }
}

for ref serialize-object-to-element