C# Xml Serialization Inline Elements

Question

Is there a way to force the XML serializer to add an element as inline rather than with the Value layout. I basically have just a giant list of structs and I'd like to add an inline element to each sub element that is enabled.

<main>
<item>
  <value>1</value>
  <name>Alphabet</name>
</item>
...
</main>

I basically want to add:

<item Enabled="true">

if the element block is enabled. IS there a way to do this?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 30 '11 at 05:37

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Yes, just mark the Enabled property with the XmlAttributeAttribute:

[XmlAttribute("Enabled")]
public bool Enabled { get; set; }

Documentation on the attributes that control xml serialization can be found on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/83y7df3e%28v=VS.100%29.aspx

answered May 30 '11 at 05:37

rsbarro

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Thanks. Exactly what I wanted! – Liz May 30 '11 at 05:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

XmlAttributeAttribute

The XmlAttributeAttribute attribute allows you to specify that a member should be serialized as an attribute and what that attribute should be named. Only simple data can be used as an attribute because an attribute can only represent a single value. Collapse

using System;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace XmlEntities {
    [XmlRoot("XmlDocRoot")]
    public class RootClass {
        private int attribute_id;

        [XmlAttribute("id")]
        public int Id {
            get { return attribute_id; }
            set { attribute_id = value; }
        }
    }
}

This will serialize to something similar to this... Collapse

<XmlDocRoot id="1" />

more info check this answer on SO : How to add attributes for C# XML Serialization

C# Xml Serialization Inline Elements

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