How to prevent blank xmlns attributes in output from .NET's XmlDocument?

Question

When generating XML from XmlDocument in .NET, a blank xmlns attribute appears the first time an element without an associated namespace is inserted; ho

Answer 1

If possible, create a serialization class then do:

XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
ns.Add("", "");
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(yourType);
serializer.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, someObject, ns);

It's safer, and you can control the namespaces with attributes if you really need more control.