Serialization option flags

Serialization option flags for the xml.Serializer class.

Table 1. Serialization option flags
Flag	Description
xml_ignoretimezone	Defines whether, during the marshalling and un-marshalling process of a BDL DATETIME data type, the Serializer should ignore the time zone information. A value of zero means FALSE. The default is FALSE. Throws an exception in case of errors, and updates status with an error code.
xml_usetypedefinition	Defines whether the Serializer must specify the type of data during serialization. This will add an "xsi:type" attribute to each XML data type. A value of zero means FALSE. The default is FALSE. Throws an exception in case of errors, and updates status with an error code.
xml_useutctime	Defines whether, during the marshalling process of a BDL DATETIME data type, the Serializer should convert it into UTC time. A value of zero means FALSE. The default is FALSE. Throws an exception in case of errors, and updates status with an error code.
xs_processcontents	Defines the way to generate wildcard elements and attributes in XML schemas via the XML schema processContents tag. See Table 2 Throws an exception in case of errors, and updates status with an error code.

Table 2. Values for xs_processcontents
Value	Description
0	No processContents tag will be generated. (default)
1	Generation of processContents="skip".
2	Generation of processContents="lax".
3	Generation of processContents="strict".