C# Read Soap Files

[iccaros]

ok this is driving me nuts so I am missing something simple

right now I know there are only two bodies in this soap file so I am reading each into a class and string them into a Linked List to be compared later (truly read by a web service)

what I would like is something like this

FileStream fs = new FileStream("DataFile.soap", FileMode.Open);
		try 
		{
			SoapFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();

			// Deserialize the class from the file and 
			// assign the reference to the local variable.
//NOTE this is the part I don't kow how to do
		   while (!to_END_OF_FILE)
			  {
				  plt = (Platforms) formatter.Deserialize(fs);
				  pList.Add(plt);
			 }

		}
		catch (SerializationException e) 
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Failed to deserialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
			throw;
		}
		finally 
		{
			fs.Close();
		}

		// To prove that the table deserialized correctly, 
		// display the key/value pairs to the console.

		foreach (Platforms pl in pList)
		{
		 Console.WriteLine("Platform ID = {0}: using Icon {1}:", pl.PlatformID, pl.Icon);
		 Console.WriteLine("Position =  X {0} Y {1} Z {2}  ", pl.LPoint.X, pl.LPoint.Y, pl.LPoint.Z );
		 Console.WriteLine("Time = {0}", pl.Time);
		}
	}

its the while loop I don't know how to do,

any help would be great.. I have searched but maybe I am too frustrated to see the answer and need new eyes

[iccaros]

ok I had to change the List to an array because you can not serilize a generic.

here is what I did to fix my problem

/*
 * Created by SharpDevelop.
 * User: huskeyw
 * Date: 12/11/2006
 * Time: 10:32 AM
 * 
 * To change this template use Tools | Options | Coding | Edit Standard Headers.
 */
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap;
namespace soapTest
{
	class MainClass
	{

		static List<Platforms> platformList = new List<Platforms>();

		[STAThread]
	static void Main() 
	{
		Serialize();
		Deserialize();
		Console.ReadLine();
	}

	static void Serialize() 
	{
		// Create a Platform .
		Point location = new Point(47.623298645,-122.357002258,34.99898);
		 Point location1 = new Point(47.623298635,-123.357002258,34.99898);
		DateTime currentTime = DateTime.Now;
		Platforms platform1 = new Platforms(location,"123567","C-130",currentTime.TimeOfDay );
		 Platforms platform2 = new Platforms(location1,"123569","C-130",currentTime.TimeOfDay );
		platformList.Add(platform1);
		platformList.Add(platform2);

		FileStream filestream = new FileStream("DataFile.soap", FileMode.Create);

		// Construct a SoapFormatter and use it 
		// to serialize the data to the stream.
		SoapFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();
		try 
		{

			formatter.Serialize(filestream, platformList.ToArray());

		}
		catch (SerializationException e) 
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Failed to serialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
			throw;
		}
		finally 
		{
			filestream.Close();
		}
	}


	static void Deserialize() 
	{
		// Declare the hashtable reference.
	//Hashtable addresses  = null;
	ArrayList pList = new ArrayList();



		// Open the file containing the data that you want to deserialize.
		FileStream fs = new FileStream("DataFile.soap", FileMode.Open);
		try 
		{
			SoapFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();

			// Deserialize the class from the file and 
			// assign the reference to the local variable.


			pList.AddRange(	(Platforms[]) formatter.Deserialize(fs));







		}
		catch (SerializationException e) 
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Failed to deserialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
			throw;
		}
		finally 
		{
			fs.Close();
		}

		// To prove that the table deserialized correctly, 
		// display the key/value pairs to the console.

		foreach (Platforms pl in pList)
		{
		 Console.WriteLine("Platform ID = {0}: using Icon {1}:", pl.PlatformID, pl.Icon);
		 Console.WriteLine("Position =  X {0} Y {1} Z {2}  ", pl.LPoint.X, pl.LPoint.Y, pl.LPoint.Z );
		 Console.WriteLine("Time = {0}", pl.Time);
		}
	}
	}
}

[iccaros]

Yes, and now it works in mono.. a big step for me...

[jcl]

Yes, and now it works in mono.. a big step for me...

Argh! I was going to try to help yesterday but monodoc didn't give me any hits for SOAP and I didn't want to grope around in the dark. Now I see that monodoc's search feature just sucks.

Edited January 30, 2007 by jcl

[iccaros]

I always tryy for just .NET first then see if I have to change anything for mono. in this case I did not.

My issue for mono is .NET allowed me to create two envelopes in the SOAP file, which is wrong, so I had to manually extract the information. buy by changing to an ArrayList I could serialize it (casting List to an array is the same thing as an arraylist)

so I have not used monodoc, I just have been searching the web.. because the last time I used Monodoc it was missing way too much stuff (I guess that is why Novell has a Job request out to do Mono documentation)