Question

I would like to know if it is possible to change the element name of the generic list when serializing the following class.

[Serializable, XmlRoot(ElementName= "MyFoo")]
public class Foo : List<Foo2>
{
    #region Private Members
    #endregion

    #region Public Properties
    #endregion
}

[Serializable, XmlRoot(ElementName="YourFoo")]
public class Foo2
{
}


The output is:
<MyFoo>
  <Foo2/>
</MyFoo>

The desire output:
<MyFoo>
  <YourFoo/>
</MyFoo>

Answer 1

Just change XmlRoot on Foo2 to XmlType and ElementName to TypeName, like this:

[Serializable, XmlType(TypeName="YourFoo")]
public class Foo2
{
}