Serialize with XmlWriter

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. How to a serialize a class into an xml file with protobuf-net
My output file is always blank after serialization.
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Can we have an example of an xml serialization of a class in C#

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
r668

Please provide any additional information below.
Class Test
<code>
    [ProtoContract, Serializable]
    class ClassSTest : IXmlSerializable
    {
        [ProtoMember(1)]
        string toto = "Toto";

        public void Serial()
        {
            XmlWriterSettings xmlWriterSettings = new XmlWriterSettings
            {
                ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment
            };
            Serializer.Serialize<ClassSTest>(XmlWriter.Create("toto.xml", xmlWriterSettings), this);
        }

        XmlSchema IXmlSerializable.GetSchema() { return null; }
        void IXmlSerializable.ReadXml(XmlReader reader) { Serializer.Merge(reader, this); }
        void IXmlSerializable.WriteXml(XmlWriter writer) { Serializer.Serialize(writer, this); }
    }
</code>

Original issue reported on code.google.com by harold.p...@gmail.com on 27 Feb 2014 at 3:03

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You didn't properly close the writer. Try:

    using(var writer = XmlWriter.Create("toto.xml", xmlWriterSettings))
    {
        Serializer.Serialize<ClassSTest>(writer, this);
    }

Note, however, that protobuf-net *is not xml*; the xml here is intended for 
some specific use-cases for systems that only allow xml, but it is actually 
just a hunk of raw data in the output. protobuf-net is not an xml formatter.

Original comment by marc.gravell on 27 Feb 2014 at 5:50

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Ah OK.
I thought it was also an xml formatter.
It would have been useful for my project.

Thank you anyway.
Protobuf-net is great.

Original comment by harold.p...@gmail.com on 3 Mar 2014 at 10:36