C#: serialize and deserialize XML with different class name

Question

I am getting XML from sql server and i am able to deserialize it with proper Human class.

public class Human
{
public string name {get;set;}
}

after giving value for name property i want to serialize it with different root name, because i want to deserialize it again with new class name

public class Boy
{ 
public string name {get;set;}
}

please give a solution

"please give a solution"? That's not how StackOverflow works. Please show us what you tried, and why that didn't work first. What errors are you getting, what result are you expecting and what is the actual result at the moment? It's much easier to help if we know what problems you are facing. — Patrick
– Patrick, Commented May 1, 2016 at 9:50
You need three classes : Human, Boy, and name. You can use the same name class in both Boy and Human. — jdweng
– jdweng, Commented May 1, 2016 at 10:12

Alexander Petrov · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-01 11:22:10Z

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You can change the root element name, pass in the serializer the XmlRootAttribute parameter.

var human = new Human { name = "Smit" };

var xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Human), new XmlRootAttribute("Boy"));

using (var fs = new FileStream("test.xml", FileMode.Create))
    xs.Serialize(fs, human);

answered May 1, 2016 at 11:22

Alexander Petrov

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dbc Over a year ago

If you construct an XmlSerializer using an XmlRootAttribute, you must cache the serializer for reuse later, or else you will have a severe resource leak. See the documentation and also XmlSerializer Performance Issue when Specifying XmlRootAttribute or Memory Leak using StreamReader and XmlSerializer.

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