Question

Here is my code:

[DataContract(Name = "ThisPlan")]
public class ThisPlanTemplate
{
    [DataMember (Name = "length", Order = 1), XmlAttribute]
    public decimal length { get; set; }
    [DataMember (Name = "height", Order = 2), XmlAttribute]
    public decimal height{ get; set; }
    [DataMember]
    public List<MyClass> parts { get; set; }
}

I want to get xml like the following:

<ThisPlan>
    <sections/>
    <length>100.00</length>
    <height>100.00</height>
</ThisPlan>

But I get this:

 <ThisPlan xmlns="some url">
    <sections xmlns:a="some url" i:nil="true"/>
    <length>100.00</length>
    <height>100.00</height>
</ThisPlan>

And how to remove the xmlns?

Answer 1

You would do this by specifying the XML namespace in your calls to Serialize().

var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(myObject));
var myNamespace = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
var myFile = File.Open(mypath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
myNamespace.Add("", "");
serializer.Serialize(myFile, myObject, myNamespace);

This code is for reference only and I would not use this in production, but it shows how you can specify your own namespace (or none at all). Hope this helps!