Suppressing Collection node in XmlSerializatio n

[Paul Hatcher]

Is it possible to serialize a collection so that the collection itself does
not appear e.g.

<Document>
<Resource>
<name>a</name>
</Resource>
</Document>

rather than

<Document>
<Resources>
<Resource>
<name>a</name>
</Resource>
</Resources>
</Document>

I know I can do it if I have an array of items, but I'd prefer a collection
if at all possible

TIA

Paul

[Paul Hatcher]

Found it, you just omit the XmlArray attribute i.e.

/// <summary>

/// Property Resources (EntityCollecti on)

/// </summary>

[XmlArrayItem("R esource", typeof(Entity))]

public EntityCollectio n Resources

{

get { return resources; }

set { resources = value; }

}
"Paul Hatcher" <ph******@nospa m.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
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Is it possible to serialize a collection so that the collection itself
does not appear e.g.

<Document>
<Resource>
<name>a</name>
</Resource>
</Document>

rather than

<Document>
<Resources>
<Resource>
<name>a</name>
</Resource>
</Resources>
</Document>

I know I can do it if I have an array of items, but I'd prefer a
collection if at all possible

TIA

Paul

[Paul Hatcher]

Sorry, got it slightly wrong, if you want a collection element and need to
name it differently use

[XmlArray("MyXml CollectionName" )]

Then, for the the items you can have multiple XmlArrayItem values e.g.

[XmlArrayItem("P erson"), typeof(Resource )]
[XmlArrayItem("M anager"), typeof(Manager)]

Note that all of the items have to be derived from the base class that
collection managers

If you *don't* want the collection element, then use

[XmlElement("Per son"), tyipeof(Person)]

I'm sure I've found this out before, but it's not that well documented on
MSDN.

Regards

Paul

"Paul Hatcher" <ph******@nospa m.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
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Found it, you just omit the XmlArray attribute i.e.

/// <summary>

/// Property Resources (EntityCollecti on)

/// </summary>

[XmlArrayItem("R esource", typeof(Entity))]

public EntityCollectio n Resources

{

get { return resources; }

set { resources = value; }

}
"Paul Hatcher" <ph******@nospa m.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eI******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

Is it possible to serialize a collection so that the collection itself
does not appear e.g.

<Document>
<Resource>
<name>a</name>
</Resource>
</Document>

rather than

<Document>
<Resources>
<Resource>
<name>a</name>
</Resource>
</Resources>
</Document>

I know I can do it if I have an array of items, but I'd prefer a
collection if at all possible

TIA

Paul