UnreferencedObjectEventArgs.UnreferencedObject Property

Definition

Gets the deserialized, but unreferenced, object.

C#
public object? UnreferencedObject { get; }
C#
public object UnreferencedObject { get; }

Property Value

The deserialized, but unreferenced, object.

Examples

The following example adds an UnreferencedObjectEventHandler to an XmlSerializer. The event is handled by the Serializer_UnreferencedObject method. To run the example, cut and paste the following XML into a file named UnrefObj.xml.

<wrapper>  
  <Group xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" id="id1" n1:GroupName=".NET" xmlns:n1="http://www.cpandl.com">  
   </Group>  
<Vehicle id="id2" n1:type="Vehicle" xmlns:n1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">  
    <licenseNumber xmlns:q1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" n1:type="q1:string">ABCD</licenseNumber>  
  </Vehicle>  
<Vehicle id="id3" n1:type="Vehicle" xmlns:n1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">  
    <licenseNumber xmlns:q1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" n1:type="q1:string">1234</licenseNumber>  
  </Vehicle>  
</wrapper>  
C#
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml.Schema;

// You must use the SoapIncludeAttribute to inform the XmlSerializer
// that the Vehicle type should be recognized when deserializing.
[SoapInclude(typeof(Vehicle))]
public class Group
{
   public string GroupName;
   public Vehicle GroupVehicle;
}
 [SoapInclude(typeof(Vehicle))]
public class Vehicle
{
   public string licenseNumber;
}

public class Run
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Run test = new Run();
      test.DeserializeObject("UnrefObj.xml");
   }
   
   public void DeserializeObject(string filename)
   {
      // Create an instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlTypeMapping myMapping = 
      (new SoapReflectionImporter().ImportTypeMapping(
      typeof(Group)));
      XmlSerializer mySerializer =  
      new XmlSerializer(myMapping);
 
      mySerializer.UnreferencedObject += 
      new UnreferencedObjectEventHandler
      (Serializer_UnreferencedObject);

      // Reading the file requires an  XmlTextReader.
      XmlTextReader reader= 
      new XmlTextReader(filename);
      reader.ReadStartElement();

      // Deserialize and cast the object.
      Group myGroup; 
      myGroup = (Group) mySerializer.Deserialize(reader);
      reader.ReadEndElement();
      reader.Close();
   }

   private void Serializer_UnreferencedObject
   (object sender, UnreferencedObjectEventArgs e){
      Console.WriteLine("UnreferencedObject:");
      Console.WriteLine("ID: " + e.UnreferencedId);
      Console.WriteLine("UnreferencedObject: " + e.UnreferencedObject);
      Vehicle myVehicle = (Vehicle) e.UnreferencedObject;
      Console.WriteLine("License: " + myVehicle.licenseNumber);
   }
}

// The file named "UnrefObj.xml" should contain this XML:


//  <Group xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
//xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" id="id1" 
//n1:GroupName=".NET" xmlns:n1="http://www.cpandl.com">

//<Vehicle id="id2" n1:type="Vehicle" 
//xmlns:n1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
//   <licenseNumber xmlns:q1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
//n1:type="q1:string">ABCD</licenseNumber>

//<Vehicle id="id3" n1:type="Vehicle" 
//xmlns:n1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
//    <licenseNumber xmlns:q1="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
//n1:type="q1:string">1234</licenseNumber>

Remarks

The UnreferencedObject can be cast to the known type if examining its properties is required.

See the UnreferencedObject event for more information about the UnreferencedObject property.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0, 2.1