How do I add a attribute to a XmlArray element (XML Serialization)?

Question

How do I add a attribute to a XmlArray element ( not to XmlArrayItem ) while serializing the object?

Answer 1

XmlArray is used to tell the xmlserializer to treat the property as array and serialize it according its parameters for the element names.

[XmlArray("FullNames")] [XmlArrayItem("Name")] public string[] Names{get;set;} 

will give you

<FullNames>     <Name>Michael Jackson</Name>     <Name>Paris Hilton</Name> </FullNames> 

In order to add an xml attribute to FullNames element, you need declare a class for it.

[XmlType("FullNames")] public class Names {    [XmlAttribute("total")]    public int Total {get;set;}     [XmlElement("Name")]    public string[] Names{get;set;} } 

This will give you

<FullNames total="2">     <Name>Michael Jackson</Name>     <Name>Paris Hilton</Name> </FullNames>