How to change the Array Element names in XmlSerialization?

Question

Hi Guys,

Consider the following code:

[Serializable]
public class Human
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Then,

        using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
        {   
            Human[] mans = new Human[] { 
                new Human() { Name = "Moim" }
                    };

            XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Human[]));
            xs.Serialize(ms, mans);
            string s = System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString(ms.ToArray());
        }

At this point, the variable s will hold a value like,

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ArrayOfHuman xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt;
  <Human>
    <Name>Moim</Name>
  </Human>
</ArrayOfHuman>

Now all I need to do is, changing the xml array root element 'ArrayOfHuman' to something like 'MyFavoriteArrayRootName'. I have seen the IXmlSerializable interface but, that skips the root element name. Anybody has got any idea how to achieve this?

All comments will be greatly appreciated.

Best regards.

Answer 1

try

XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Human[]), XmlRootAttribute("MyFavoriteArrayRootName"));

Answer 2

new keyword was missing before XmlRootAttribute.

XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(
    typeof(Human[]), new XmlRootAttribute("MyFavoriteArrayRootName"));