How to specify root when serializing collection

[Chris Becker]

How can I change the name of the root element from ArrayOfPasswordEntry to
PasswordList or whatever?
I have tried [XmlRoot("PasswordList")] before the public class
PasswordEntries definition, but XmlSerializer won't accept.

Please help!

Here's the output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfPasswordEntry xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<PasswordEntry>
<Name>EntryName</Name>
<Account>AccountName</Account>
<Password>password</Password>
</PasswordEntry>
</ArrayOfPasswordEntry>
Here the code:

using System;

namespace TrayPasswords
{
[Serializable]
public class PasswordEntries : System.Collections.CollectionBase
{
public PasswordEntries()
{
}

public PasswordEntry Add(PasswordEntry value)
{
this.InnerList.Add(value);

return value;
}

public void Remove(int index)
{
PasswordEntry entry = (PasswordEntry) this.InnerList[index];
if (entry != null)
this.InnerList.Remove(entry);
}

/// <summary>An indexer is needed for Serialization of Collection
classes</summary>
[System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IndexerName("Item" )]
public PasswordEntry this[int index]
{
get { return (PasswordEntry) this.InnerList[index]; }
}

/// <summary>An indexer is needed for Serialization of Collection
classes</summary>
[System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IndexerName("Item" )]
public PasswordEntry this[string name]
{
get
{
foreach (PasswordEntry entry in this.InnerList)
{
if (entry.Name == name)
return entry;
}
return null;
}
}
}
}
Here's the output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfPasswordEntry xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<PasswordEntry>
<Name>EntryName</Name>
<Account>AccountName</Account>
<Password>password</Password>
</PasswordEntry>
</ArrayOfPasswordEntry>

[Jon the Blind]

This works for me--

Dim xmlRoot As New XmlRootAttribute("PasswordList")
mySerializer = New XmlSerializer(GetType(PasswordEntries), xmlRoot)

Hope that's helpful.

Jon

"Chris Becker" <sl*****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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How can I change the name of the root element from ArrayOfPasswordEntry to
PasswordList or whatever?
I have tried [XmlRoot("PasswordList")] before the public class
PasswordEntries definition, but XmlSerializer won't accept.

Please help!

Here's the output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfPasswordEntry xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<PasswordEntry>
<Name>EntryName</Name>
<Account>AccountName</Account>
<Password>password</Password>
</PasswordEntry>
</ArrayOfPasswordEntry>
Here the code:

using System;

namespace TrayPasswords
{
[Serializable]
public class PasswordEntries : System.Collections.CollectionBase
{
public PasswordEntries()
{
}

public PasswordEntry Add(PasswordEntry value)
{
this.InnerList.Add(value);

return value;
}

public void Remove(int index)
{
PasswordEntry entry = (PasswordEntry) this.InnerList[index];
if (entry != null)
this.InnerList.Remove(entry);
}

/// <summary>An indexer is needed for Serialization of Collection
classes</summary>
[System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IndexerName("Item" )]
public PasswordEntry this[int index]
{
get { return (PasswordEntry) this.InnerList[index]; }
}

/// <summary>An indexer is needed for Serialization of Collection
classes</summary>
[System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IndexerName("Item" )]
public PasswordEntry this[string name]
{
get
{
foreach (PasswordEntry entry in this.InnerList)
{
if (entry.Name == name)
return entry;
}
return null;
}
}
}
}
Here's the output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfPasswordEntry xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<PasswordEntry>
<Name>EntryName</Name>
<Account>AccountName</Account>
<Password>password</Password>
</PasswordEntry>
</ArrayOfPasswordEntry>