How does one serialize an XDocument object?

Question

I want to serialize an XDocument object. I wrote this code.

        XDocument signup_xml_file = new XDocument(
            new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "yes"),
            new XComment("signup_xml_file"),
            new XElement("Student",
                new XElement("univ_id", univ_id),
                new XElement("personal_id",personal_id),
                new XElement("user_name", user_name)));
        client.Connect(host_name, port);
        //connect to the server .
        bf.Serialize(client.GetStream(), signup_xml_file); // serialize the signup_xml_file

I get the following exception when attempting to serialize the XDocument. Is there any way to make the XDocument class Serializable, or is there another way to send my XDocument?

Type 'System.Xml.Linq.XDocument' in Assembly 'System.Xml.Linq, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' is not marked as serializable.

Answer 1

XDocuments are not intended to be serialized. In a way they are serializers themselves.

But you can simply write them: signup_xml_file.Save(client.GetStream());
which also eliminates serializer overhead.

Edit:

And on the other side you will need

var doc = XDocument.Load(someStream);