mono中XmlSerializer的问题

 在上一篇文章《ubuntu 8.10 server配置mono2.0.1运行asp.net 2.0 》中提到，在mono中进行自定义的XmlSerializer时发生异常。

发生异常的是在一个自定义的DataTable序列化(使用IXmlSerializable)中，异常信息是：

Cannot cast from source type to destination type.

Description: HTTP 500. Error processing request.

Stack Trace:

System.InvalidCastException: Cannot cast from source type to destination type. at System.Xml.XmlWriter.WriteValue (System.Object value) [0x00000] at xDB.Examples.Employee.WriteXml (System.Xml.XmlWriter writer) [0x00000] at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationWriter.WriteSerializable (IXmlSerializable serializable, System.String name, System.String ns, Boolean isNullable, Boolean wrapped) [0x00000] at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationWriter.WriteSerializable (IXmlSerializable serializable, System.String name, System.String ns, Boolean isNullable) [0x00000] at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationWriterInterpreter.WriteObject (System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeMapping typeMap, System.Object ob, System.String element, System.String namesp, Boolean isNullable, Boolean needType, Boolean writeWrappingElem) [0x00000] at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationWriterInterpreter.WriteRoot (System.Object ob) [0x00000] at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Serialize (System.Object o, System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationWriter writer) [0x00000] at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Serialize (System.Xml.XmlWriter writer, System.Object o, System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializerNamespaces namespaces) [0x00000]

通过分析，可以看出是XmlWriter在写入时候发生了类型转换的错误。通过跟踪错误，发现是在序列化Int16的类型时抛出的异常，难道是mono平台下不支持Int16类型？

于是我写了一段测试代码：

 

1. public class Serializer : IHttpHandler
2.     {
4.         public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
5.         {
6.             context.Response.ContentType = "text/xml";
8.             XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Employee));
9.             Int16 id = 12;
10.             serializer.Serialize(context.Response.Output,new Employee(id,"xud",false));
11.             
12.         }
14.         public bool IsReusable
15.         {
16.             get
17.             {
18.                 return false;
19.             }
20.         }
21.     }
22.     public class Employee : IXmlSerializable
23.     {
24.         public Employee()
25.         {
26.         }
27.         public Employee(Int16 employeeId,string employeeName,bool deleted)
28.         {
29.             this.EmployeeId = employeeId;
30.             this.EmployeeName = employeeName;
31.             this.Deleted = deleted;
32.         }
33.         Int16 _employeeId;
35.         public Int16 EmployeeId
36.         {
37.             get { return _employeeId; }
38.             set { _employeeId = value; }
39.         }
41.         string _employeeName;
43.         public string EmployeeName
44.         {
45.             get { return _employeeName; }
46.             set { _employeeName = value; }
47.         }
49.         bool _deleted;
51.         public bool Deleted
52.         {
53.             get { return _deleted; }
54.             set { _deleted = value; }
55.         }
57.         #region IXmlSerializable 成员
59.         public System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema GetSchema()
60.         {
61.             throw new Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");
62.         }
64.         public void ReadXml(XmlReader reader)
65.         {
66.             throw new Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");
67.         }
69.         public void WriteXml(XmlWriter writer)
70.         {
71.             writer.WriteStartElement("Employee");
72.             writer.WriteStartElement("EmployeeId");
73.             writer.WriteValue(this.EmployeeId);
74.             writer.WriteEndElement();
75.             writer.WriteStartElement("EmployeeName");
76.             writer.WriteValue(this.EmployeeName);
77.             writer.WriteEndElement();
78.             writer.WriteStartElement("Deleted");
79.             writer.WriteValue(this.Deleted);
80.             writer.WriteEndElement();
81.             writer.WriteEndElement();
82.             
83.         }
85.         #endregion
86.     }
87. }

 

编译运行后发现序列化完全正常！看来不是Int16的问题。

经过分析，忽然想起在DataTable中取值的时候取回的都是object类型，于是我又小小改动了一下代码：

1. writer.WriteValue((object)this.EmployeeId);

编译...运行...呵呵，可爱的异常又出现了！！！

 

看来是mono平台在进行装箱、拆箱的时候有点小小的bug,同样的字符串转换，仅仅是包装不同？

通过修改我自己的代码，将其加上Convter.ToString(value)后，该异常得到解决。

 

在解决的这个问题后，我又直接使用DataTable自己的序列化功能，在mono下能正常使用。通过Reflector跟踪发现，在直接使用DataTable进行XmlSerializer的时候，是通过DataStorge类来进行字符串转换的，可惜由于是internal类，我们无法直接使用。