How to choose inner xml tag when serializing a list<string> ?

Question

Hi,

I think I already did that once upon a time, but I can't get it to work...

I've got a class that contains a variable

List<string> InputList;

When serialized, it's obviously like:

<InputList>
    <string>foo</string>
    <string>bar</string>
</InputList>

And, call me a control freak, but I want:

<InputList>
    <Input>foo</Input>
    <Input>bar</Input>
</InputList>

I think there's a kind of [metadata] info I can put above my variable to get that, but what's the syntax, please?

Answer 1

[XmlArray("InputList")]
[XmlArrayItem(ElementName="Input")]
public List<string> InputList { get; set; }

Or if you just want the <Input> elements (no <InputList>)

[XmlElement("Input")]
public List<string> InputList { get; set; }