How to change element name in C# xml serialize?

Question

I am defined a simple class and serialized it:

    public class Test
    {
        public string Name { set; get; }
    }

I am serized this simple object,the code like this:

                Test test = new Test();
                test.Name = "a";                    
                TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(@"D:\a.xml");
                XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Test), "");
                s.Serialize(writer, test);
                writer.Close();

The a.xml result file like this:

<Test xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="">
  <Name>a</Name>
</Test>

That's no problem,but now i want my xml node content like this(change the default element name(like: Test) to user define name,whatever the name is(like: job-scheduling-data)):

<job-scheduling-data xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="">
  <Name>a</Name>
</job-scheduling-data>

What can i do to make it right? I don't want my class name like "job-scheduling-data".

You may want to use decorator attribute?[XmlElement(Name="somename")] — Ian
– Ian, Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 7:56
There's a whole section of MSDN devoted to XML Serialization, such as Controlling XML Serialization Using Attributes — Damien_The_Unbeliever
– Damien_The_Unbeliever, Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 7:59

daryal · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-18 07:58:41Z

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[XmlRoot(ElementName = "job-scheduling-data")]
public class Test
{
    public string Name { set; get; }
}

you can check this msdn page.

answered Jan 18, 2016 at 7:58

daryal

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2 Comments

Dolphin Over a year ago

Yes,it works.Thank you.I have tried this way for so much times,but my another class is very complex and it has no effect.

daryal Over a year ago

what do you mean by complex? If you mean inheritance, if you check the msdn page you will see the related configuration related to derived types.

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