Applied XML Programming for Microsoft .NET.pdf - Csbdu.in

command, the data flows into the serializer, and an instance of a particular class isreturned.Employee emp = LoadEmployeeData(empID);The following code shows the body of the LoadEmployeeData method:private Employee LoadEmployeeData(int empID){// Create the serializerXmlSerializer ser = PrepareEmployeeTypeSerializer();// Prepare the connection and the SQL commandSqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(NWindConnection);SqlCommand cmd = PrepareSqlCommand(empID, conn);conn.Open();// Execute the commandEmployee emp = null;XmlTextReader reader =(XmlTextReader) cmd.ExecuteXmlReader();// Deserialize the incoming dataif(ser.CanDeserialize(reader))emp = (Employee) ser.Deserialize(reader);elseConsole.WriteLine("Cannot deserialize");// Clean-upreader.Close();conn.Close();}return emp;The serializer is tailor-made for the Employee class shown here:public class Employee{public string FirstName;public string LastName;public string Position;public DateTime Hired;}The SQL command used in our example is shown here:SELECT firstname, lastname, title, hiredate FROM employees412