Question

The C# class listed below produces this XML:

<Standardize><TestString>Some Data</TestString></Standardize>

However, what I’d like is this:

<Standardize>Some Data</Standardize>

In other words, I want the contents of the TestString property to show up in the XML, but I don’t want the TestString property to be listed as an element. Can I add some attributes to make this happen?

   /// <Serialized C# Class/>
    [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Xml", "4.0.30319.225")]
    [System.SerializableAttribute()]
    [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
    [System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType=true, Namespace="http://test.com/Services/1")]
    public partial class Standardize {


        private string testField;


        [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Form=System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.None, IsNullable=true, ElementName=null)]
        public string TestString {
            get {
                return testField;
            }
            set {
                testField;= value;
            }
        }
    }

Answer 1

Decorate TestString with XmlText instead of XmlElement.