Creating XML Response in C#

Question

I have created a REST Service which sends a response in XML. I have set the response format as XML and created the following Data Contracts:

    [DataContract]
    public class AuthorisationResult
    {
        [DataMember]
        public string Status { get; set; }

        [DataMember]
        public Variable[] Variables { get; set; }
    }


    [DataContract]
    public class Variable
    {
        [DataMember]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [DataMember]
        public string Type { get; set; }
    }

This works ok however the output of the XML is not formatted as I need it. It is showing like this:

<Variables>
        <Variable>
            <Name>SomeName1</Name>
            <Type>SomeType1</Type>
        </Variable>
</Variables>

But I want to show it like this:

 <Variables>
        <Variable Name="SomeName1" Type="SomeType1"/>
 </Variables>

Can anyone advise what I change to structure it how I want.

Does this answer your question? [Serialize Property as Xml Attribute in Element](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11330643/serialize-property-as-xml-attribute-in-element) — Pac0, Mar 04 '20 at 14:41
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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '20 at 15:03

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Just add XmlAttribute to the properties

[DataContract]
public class Variable
{
    [DataMember, XmlAttribute]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [DataMember, XmlAttribute]
    public string Type { get; set; }
}

answered Mar 04 '20 at 15:03

Krishna Varma

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worked well but did need to add XmlSerializerFormat in my service contract, – Sam Brueton Mar 09 '20 at 09:38

Creating XML Response in C#

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