Hello. I am using [XmlRoot()] attribute for redefining the element name
used in XML Serialization, but it only works for the parent elemnt:
Simple test code (referencing System.Xml):
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
namespace XmlRootTest
{
[XmlRoot("This_works")]
public class MyList : List<MySecondList>{
private string myField;
public string MyField {
get { return this.myField; }
set { this.myField = value; }
}
}
[XmlRoot("This_does_not_work")]
public class MySecondList : List<MyClass>{
private string myField;
public string MyField {
get { return this.myField; }
set { this.myField = value; }
}
}
[XmlRoot("Neither_this_one")]
public class MyClass {
private string myField;
public string MyField {
get { return this.myField; }
set { this.myField = value; }
}
}
public class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
MyClass oMyObject = new MyClass();
oMyObject.MyField = "test4";
MyClass oMyObject2 = new MyClass();
oMyObject2.MyField = "test5";
MyClass oMyObject3 = new MyClass();
oMyObject3.MyField = "test6";
MyList oList = new MyList();
oList.MyField = "test";
MySecondList oList2 = new MySecondList();
oList2.MyField = "test2";
oList2.Add(oMyObject);
oList2.Add(oMyObject3);
MySecondList oList3 = new MySecondList();
oList3.MyField = "test3";
oList3.Add(oMyObject2);
oList3.Add(oMyObject);
oList.Add(oList2);
oList.Add(oList3);
XmlSerializer oSer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyList));
TextWriter oWriter = new StreamWriter("list.xml");
oSer.Serialize(oWriter, oList);
oWriter.Close();
}
}
}
Actual results:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<This_works xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<ArrayOfMyClass>
<MyClass>
<MyField>test4</MyField>
</MyClass>
<MyClass>
<MyField>test6</MyField>
</MyClass>
</ArrayOfMyClass>
<ArrayOfMyClass>
<MyClass>
<MyField>test5</MyField>
</MyClass>
<MyClass>
<MyField>test4</MyField>
</MyClass>
</ArrayOfMyClass>
</This_works>
Expected:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<This_works xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<This_does_not_work>
<Neither_this_one>
<MyField>test4</MyField>
</Neither_this_one>
<Neither_this_one>
<MyField>test6</MyField>
</Neither_this_one>
</This_does_not_work>
<This_does_not_work>
<Neither_this_one>
<MyField>test5</MyField>
</Neither_this_one>
<Neither_this_one>
<MyField>test4</MyField>
</Neither_this_one>
</This_does_not_work>
</This_works>
Does anybody know why? Thanks very much!
Regards.
