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I generated a XML Serialization using the following C# code
C#
public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            AddressDirectory addr = new AddressDirectory();

            Address A1 = new Address();            
            A1.City = "Chennai";
            A1.Number = 1;
            addr.addressobj.Add(A1);

            Address A2 = new Address();
            A2.City = "Coimbatore";
            A2.Number = 2;
            addr.addressobj.Add(A2);


            Serialize(addr);

        }
        public static void Serialize(AddressDirectory details)
        {
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(AddressDirectory));
            using (TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(@"C:\Users\divakar.m\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\XmlSerialization2\XmlSer2.xml"))
            {
                serializer.Serialize(writer, details);
            }

        }
       
        public class AddressDirectory
        { 
            public List<Address> addressobj = new List<Address>();
        }
        
        public class Address
        {
            public int Number { get; set; }
            public string City { get; set; }
        }
    }    


The XML it generated was
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AddressDirectory xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <addressobj>
    <Address>
      <Number>1</Number>
      <City>Chennai</City>
    </Address>
    <Address>
      <Number>2</Number>
      <City>Coimbatore</City>
    </Address>
  </addressobj>
</AddressDirectory>


My Question is, how do I remove the "addressobj" tag in the XML from code ?
Posted
Updated 7-Mar-14 2:12am
v4

1 solution

I have changed your code a little bit:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace Test_XmlSerialize2
{
    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // AddressDirectory addr = new AddressDirectory();

            List<Address> addr = new List<Address>();

            Address A1 = new Address();
            A1.City = "Chennai";
            A1.Number = 1;
            // addr.addressobj.Add(A1);
            addr.Add(A1);

            Address A2 = new Address();
            A2.City = "Coimbatore";
            A2.Number = 2;
            addr.Add(A2);


            Serialize(addr);

        }

        // new version of Serialize
        private static void Serialize(List<Address> addr)
        {
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<Address>), new XmlRootAttribute("AddressDirectory"));
            using (TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(@"XmlSer2.xml", false))
            {
                serializer.Serialize(writer, addr);
            }

        }
        // old version
        public static void Serialize(AddressDirectory details)
        {
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(AddressDirectory));
            using (TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(@"XmlSer2.xml", false))
            {
                serializer.Serialize(writer, details);
            }

        }

        // no need to this class
        public class AddressDirectory
        {
            public List<Address> addressobj = new List<Address>();
        }

        public class Address
        {
            public int Number { get; set; }
            public string City { get; set; }
        }
    }
}
 
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Divakar Raj M 12-Mar-14 3:11am    
@Vedat Ozan Oner: So, is it like if I use a List variable in a separate class, the object name will ALWAYS appear in the XML ?
Vedat Ozan Oner 12-Mar-14 5:09am    
yes, you can change its name but every node needs a name in a valid xml. moreover, every xml needs a root node. I used the list as root node but altered its name.

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