XML list item attribute

Question

i need to create the following in XML:

<DATAITEMS>
  <DATAITEM>ABC</DATAITEM>
  <DATAITEM>1</DATAITEM>
</DATAITEMS>

when i configure my property as:

public List<string> DATAITEMS { get; set; }

this gives me an output of:

<DATAITEMS>
  <string>ABC</string>
  <string>1</string>
</DATAITEMS>

any idea how can i create collection of DATAITEM instead of string?

thanks

Rozuur · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 17:43:16Z

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I hope you are trying to serialize your data, if so you have to use XmlArrayItem to control array item names.

 [XmlArray("DATAITEMS")]
 [XmlArrayItem("DATAITEM")]
 public List<string> DATAITEMS { get; set; }

answered Feb 3, 2011 at 17:43

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2 Comments

well i was trying serialization now a days :P.

it would really help other if you can edit your question to answer Cameron's and my question :).