Converting Class to XML and XML to Class in C# 4.0

Converting your Class to XML in C# 4.0

XML is a simple and powerful technology . So converting your entire class data to XML and then XML to class back is very helpful when you are doing some project . Here I am explaining how to convert your class data to XML in C# 4.0 using System.Xml.Linq.

C# Sample code

 public class MyPackage
    {
        # region Private Variables Declaration
        private string _packageCode;
        private string _packageDescription;
        private decimal _packageValue;
        private int _mode;         

        # endregion
          public MyPackage()
        {
           
         }
        public MyPackage(int mode)
        {
           
            _mode = mode;
        }
        # region Properties Implementation
        public string PackageCode
        {
            get { return _packageCode; }
            set { _packageCode = value; }
        }
        public string PackageDescription
        {
            get { return _packageDescription; }
            set { _packageDescription = value; }
        }
        public decimal PackageValue
        {
            get { return _packageValue; }
            set { _packageValue = value; }
        }
        public int Mode
        {
            get { return _mode; }
            set { _mode = value; }
        }
   
        #endregion
        public string TransformClassToXML()
        {
            #region  Transform Current Class To XML
         
            XDocument Xmldocument = null;
            try
            {
                Xmldocument = new XDocument(
                          new XElement("Package",
                                             new XElement("PackageCode", PackageCode),
                                               new XElement("PackageDescription", PackageDescription),
                                               new XElement("PackageValue", PackageValue),
                                               new XElement("Mode", Mode)
                                              
                                           )
                           );
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                string exp = ex.Message;
              
            }
            return Xmldocument.ToString();
            #endregion
        }
                     
    }


// converting back

public void TransformXMLToClass(string pXml)
        {
            // This function converts the xml back to class
            # region Converting the XML to Class
            XElement doc = XElement.Parse(pXml);
 foreach(XElement el in doc.Elements("Package") )
 {
   MyPackage package = new MyPackage();
          
            package.PackageCode = el.Element("PackageCode").Value;
            package.PackageDescription = el.Element("PackageDescription").Value;
            package.PackageValue = Convert.ToDecimal(el.Element("PackageValue").Value);
            package.Mode = Convert.ToInt32(el.Element("Mode").Value);

 }         

            # endregion

        }