How can I specify the name of the element when a object will serialize

Question

I have the following class

    [XmlRoot(ElementName= "webSites")] //No capital w at the beginning
public class WebSites : List<WebSite>
{

}

public class WebSite
{
    [XmlAttribute("name")]
    public string Name { set; get; }
    [XmlAttribute("url")]
    public String Url { set; get; }
}

this is serialized to

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="DOS-862"?>
<webSites xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http:
//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <WebSite name="nice website" url="mydomain.com" />

this is almost ok but I want that WebSite(With a capital) will be webSite (no capital) I know I can specify this only for the root, but how can I for an internal member?

Marc Gravell · Accepted Answer · 2008-11-17 14:07:21Z

3

[XmlType("webSite")]
public class WebSite {...}

or to control a collection property on a wrapper class:

[XmlArrayItem("webSite")]
[XmlArray("sites")]
public WebSites Sites { get; set; }

edited Nov 17, 2008 at 14:07

answered Nov 17, 2008 at 14:02

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Pablo Retyk Over a year ago

Thanks, I was searching for all the attributes, but didn't realize it was so easy :-)

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