Data Contract Serialization Not Working For All Elements

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Published on 2010-03-26T19:58:52Z Indexed on 2010/03/26 20:13 UTC
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I have an XML file that I'm trying to serialize into an object. Some elements are being ignored.

My XML File:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
<License xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MyApp.Domain">
<Guid>7FF07F74-CD5F-4369-8FC7-9BF50274A8E8</Guid> 
<Url>http://www.gmail.com</Url> 
<ValidKey>true</ValidKey> 
<CurrentDate>3/1/2010 9:39:28 PM</CurrentDate> 
<RegistrationDate>3/8/2010 9:39:28 PM</RegistrationDate> 
<ExpirationDate>3/8/2099 9:39:28 PM</ExpirationDate> 
</License>

My class definition:

[DataContract]
public class License
{
    [DataMember]
    public virtual int Id { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public virtual string Guid { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public virtual string ValidKey { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public virtual string Url { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public virtual string CurrentDate { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public virtual string RegistrationDate { get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public virtual string ExpirationDate { get; set; }
}

And my Serialization attempt:

XmlDocument Xmldoc = new XmlDocument();
Xmldoc.Load(string.Format(url));

string xml = Xmldoc.InnerXml;
var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(License));
var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml));
License license = (License)serializer.ReadObject(memoryStream);
memoryStream.Close();

The following elements are serialized:

  • Guid
  • ValidKey

The following elements are not serialized:

  • Url
  • CurrentDate
  • RegistrationDate
  • ExpirationDate

Replacing the string dates in the xml file with "blah" doesn't work either. What gives?

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