Serialize XML with a specific structure

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Hi.

I need to create an xml like this:

XML

<SalesTable class="entity">
	<SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>1</ItemId>
	</SalesLine>
	<SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>2</ItemId>
	</SalesLine>
    <SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>3</ItemId>
	</SalesLine>
</SalesTable>

What I have tried:

I have the class SalesTable:

C#

public class SalesTable
    {
        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "class")]
        public string Clase { get; set; }
        public SalesLine[] SalesLine = new SalesLine[2];
}

And the class SalesLine

C#

public class SalesLine
    {
        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "class")]
        public string Clase { get; set; }
        public string ItemId { get; set; }
}

I use it like this

C#

for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
  SalesTable.SalesLine[i] = new SalesLine();
  SalesTable.SalesLine[i].Clase = "entity"
  SalesTable.SalesLine[i].ItemId=i;
}
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer x = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(SalesTable.GetType());

But this generates one more element with the name of the array

XML

<SalesTable class="entity">
   <SalesLine>
	  <SalesLine class="entity">
		 <ItemId>1</ItemId>
	  </SalesLine>
	  <SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>2</ItemId>
	  </SalesLine>
      <SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>3</ItemId>
	  </SalesLine>
    </SalesLine>
</SalesTable>

I thought of renaming the array as SalesTable but I need it to have the class="entity" atributte:

XML

<SalesTable class="entity">
	<SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>1</ItemId>
	</SalesLine>
	<SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>2</ItemId>
	</SalesLine>
    <SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>3</ItemId>
	</SalesLine>
</SalesTable>

How could I do it?

thanks a lot

Posted 27-Jan-22 2:27am

Juan Pele

Updated 27-Jan-22 3:22am

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M Imran Ansari · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-27T03:22:00

Add the element attribute on SalesLine property in your SalesTable class, like:

public class SalesTable
    {
        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "class")]
        public string Clase { get; set; }
        [XmlElement(ElementName = "SalesLine")]
        public SalesLine[] SalesLine = new SalesLine[2];
    }
    public class SalesLine
    {
        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName = "class")]
        public string Clase { get; set; }
        public string ItemId { get; set; }
    }

Output:

<SalesTable class="Sales">
	<SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>0</ItemId>
	</SalesLine>
	<SalesLine class="entity">
		<ItemId>1</ItemId>
	</SalesLine>
</SalesTable>