How to change the Array Element names in XmlSerialization?

Question

Consider the following code:

[Serializable]
public class Human
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Then,

        using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
        {   
            Human[] mans = new Human[] { 
                new Human() { Name = "Moim" }
                    };

            XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Human[]));
            xs.Serialize(ms, mans);
            string s = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(ms.ToArray());
        }

At this point, the variable s will hold a value like,

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ArrayOfHuman xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Human>
    <Name>Moim</Name>
  </Human>
</ArrayOfHuman>

Now all I need to do is, changing the xml array root element 'ArrayOfHuman' to something like 'MyFavoriteArrayRootName'. I have seen the IXmlSerializable interface but, that skips the root element name. Anybody has got any idea how to achieve this?

All comments will be greatly appreciated.

Best regards.

John Saunders · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-15 16:58:24Z

2

new keyword was missing before XmlRootAttribute.

XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(
    typeof(Human[]), new XmlRootAttribute("MyFavoriteArrayRootName"));

edited Apr 15, 2010 at 16:58

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answered Apr 15, 2010 at 16:47

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juharr · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-15 14:53:12Z

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try

XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Human[]), XmlRootAttribute("MyFavoriteArrayRootName"));

answered Apr 15, 2010 at 14:53

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orandov · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-20 10:17:40Z

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Put the XmlRoot on your Human class like this:

[Serializable]
[XmlRoot("MyFavoriteArrayRootName")]
public class Human
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

answered Jun 20, 2012 at 10:17

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