Getting rid of an array name in C# XML Serialization

Question

I'm trying to get to this result while serializing XML:

<Root Name="blah">
  <SomeKey>Eldad</SomeKey>
  <Element>1</Element>
  <Element>2</Element>
  <Element>3</Element>
  <Element>4</Element>
</root>

Or in other words - I'm trying to contain an array within the "root" element, alongside additional keys.

This is my crude attempt:

[XmlRootAttribute(ElementName="Root", IsNullable=false)]
public class RootNode
{
    [XmlAttribute("Name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public string SomeKey { get; set; }

    [XmlArrayItem("Element")]
    public List<int> Elements { get; set; }
}

And my serialization:

string result;
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(root.GetType());
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb))
{
    serializer.Serialize(sw, root);
    result = sw.ToString();
}

However, this is my result (Removed the namespace for clarity):

<Root>
  <SomeKey>Eldad</SomeKey>
  <Elements>
    <Element>1</Element>
    <Element>2</Element>
    <Element>3</Element>
  </Elements>
</Root>

Is there any way to remove the "Elements" part?

Answer 1

Use XmlElement attribute on the Array, this will instruct the serializer to serialize the array items as child elements of the current element and not create a new root element for the array.

[XmlRootAttribute(ElementName="Root", IsNullable=false)] 
public class RootNode 
{ 
    [XmlAttribute("Name")] 
    public string Name { get; set; } 

    public string SomeKey { get; set; } 

    [XmlElement("Element")] 
    public List<int> Elements { get; set; } 
}