Saxon

This was a change that we consciously made in 9.9. The same change was made on the Java side in 9.8. To create a Serializer, please use the factory method Processor.NewSerializer(). We made the change on the Java side because we were getting a lot of problems due to people creating a serializer and not connecting it to a Processor. On the .NET side, the change was necessitated because we have been moving towards the .NET classes in Saxon.Api being a thin veneer over the corresponding classes in the Java s9api package; this helps us to ensure consistency of the two, and to achieve better test coverage.

Thank you for your answer, Michael. It's working :)

This item is already 7 months old, but I still got this problem. I use Saxon9he-api, and I too get this error and I don't see the NewSerializer() method.

The version I use is 9.9.1.5 in .NET.

What am I missing?

Hi, as mentioned in comment #1 the NewSerializer() method is in the Saxon.Api.Processor class

Thanks for the reply, but I don't see the NewSerializer() method in the Processor class either. Saxon.Api.Processor.NewSerializer(); throws The type name 'NewSerializer' does not exist in the type 'Processor'. So I clearly do something wrong.

Have you got an older version of Saxon .NET installed or in the GAC?

Oke, solved. I didn't know it was a static method

Saxon.Api.Processor clsProcessor = new Processor(); var serializer = clsProcessor.NewSerializer();

Thanks for the help