WCF data contract serialization with custom XML attribute

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Is there a possibility to get the response as the following since in my experience using data contracts does not allow to add an id inside an element (e.g. ). Is there a way to achieve the following structure? Also notice that this is without a root tag.

<Number Id=”1”> 
<FName>1234567890ABC</ FName >
<Date>7/1/2012 12:00:00 </ Date >
</Number >
< Number Id=”2”> 
< FName >9876543210XYZ</ FName >
< Date >7/1/2012 12:00:00 </ Date >
</ Number >

Thank you very much in advance.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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from this post: How can you control .NET DataContract serialization so it uses XML attributes instead of elements?

. . . take a look at XmlSerializerFormatAttribute which allows you to use the XmlSerializer for serialization.

and from same post

You can do this with the DataContractSerializer - the answer is to take over the Xml serialization yourself by implementing the IXmlSerializable interface. ...

This article can be also helpful: http://www.danrigsby.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/07/xmlserializer-vs-datacontractserializer-serialization-in-wcf/

edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

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answered Apr 30 '13 at 10:44

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Is there a possibility to serialize IEnumerable in this way? (Using XML Serialization) – Pavan Welihinda Apr 30 '13 at 12:15
You can try to modify the code from linked post, lie writer.WriteAttributeString("name", your_ienumerable.to_sting_in_some_way_you_want_it); – evgenyl Apr 30 '13 at 12:28
Can we add an XML attribute to the root tag? Ive been searching that for sometime now. – Pavan Welihinda May 01 '13 at 06:03
Also, there a root element that comes which i haven't defined and i'm clueless as to where it comes from. – Pavan Welihinda May 01 '13 at 07:37

WCF data contract serialization with custom XML attribute

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