Prevent XmlSerializer from formatting output

Question

When using the default settings with the XmlSerializer it will output the XML as a formated value.

IE: something along these lines.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ArrayOfStock xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">   <Stock>     <ProductCode>12345</ProductCode>     <ProductPrice>10.32</ProductPrice>   </Stock>   <Stock>     <ProductCode>45632</ProductCode>     <ProductPrice>5.43</ProductPrice>   </Stock> </ArrayOfStock> 

How does one prevent any type of formatting on the output? So what I am looking to achieve is this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ArrayOfStock xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><Stock><ProductCode>123456</ProductCode><ProductPrice>10.57</ProductPrice></Stock><Stock><ProductCode>789123</ProductCode><ProductPrice>133.22</ProductPrice></Stock></ArrayOfStock> 

EDIT: The full code of my method is

public static String Serialize(Stock stock) {      XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Stock));       using (StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter())      {          serializer.Serialize(stringWriter, stock);          return stringWriter.ToString();      }             } 

Answer 1

Not very intuitive, but the Indent property on the XmlWriterSettings controls the whole formatting:

var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyClass));  using (var writer = new StreamWriter("file.path")) using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(writer, new XmlWriterSettings { Indent = false })) {     serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, myObject); } 

There are a few more options on XmlWriterSettings that you might want to explore.