How to serialize object with numeric element name

Question

public class UName
{
   [XmlElement("0.23")]
   public string Name1{get;set;}


}

when serialize above object then generated as below

  <UName><_x0030_.23>value</_x0030_.23></Uname>

I need as below as provided attribute number:

<UName><0.23>value</0.23></Uname>

You cannot do that. An XML element name beginning with a number is syntactically invalid. See http://stackoverflow.com/q/2087108/3744182 or http://stackoverflow.com/q/2519845/3744182 — dbc, Apr 07 '17 at 05:56

Richard Schneider · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-07T06:03:05.823

1

What you want is not valid XML. Element names must start with a letter or underscore.

edited Apr 07 '17 at 06:03

answered Apr 07 '17 at 05:54

Richard Schneider

any alternate way to specify type and achive? – dsi Apr 07 '17 at 05:55
I don't understand the question; please elaborate. – Richard Schneider Apr 07 '17 at 05:57
[XmlEleemnt("0.23"] is specified but serialized as <_x0030_.23> and I need how specified as <0.23> as element. – dsi Apr 07 '17 at 05:59
looks, not possible..to have number only in element serialization. Just through, may be specifiying some type, it would allow. – dsi Apr 07 '17 at 06:01
You cannot do it because it would generate an invalid XML document. C# is protecting you from yourself. – Richard Schneider Apr 07 '17 at 06:01

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