Question

I serialize simply Person which has Items as collection using .NET XmlSerializer;

class Item
{
   Name
   Price
}

class Person
{
   Name
   List Items<Item>
}

Everthing fine…I use XmlWriterSettings to indent my xml file. The output is:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Person xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <name>TestName</name>
  <Items>
    <Item>
      <name>one</name>
      <price>0</price>
    </Item>
    <Item>
      <name>two</name>
      <price>1</price>
    </Item>
  </Items>
</Viewport>

But what I want is :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Person xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <name>TestName</name>
  <Items>
     <Item name="one" price="0" />
     <Item name="two" price="1" />
  </Items>
</Viewport>

Shortly instead of

<Item>
      <name>one</name>
      <price>0</price>
 </Item>

I want to write xml as

<Item name="one" price="0" />

How can i do it in .NET(C#) ?

Answer 1

Decorate your Name & Price properties with XmlAttribute