Add Xml Attribute to string property

Question

I have a custom object which has a string property called \'Name\' I\'d like to keep the XML generated by serialization the same but add an attribute to the element called \

Answer 1

It is possible if you define another type as below:

public class Person
{

    private string _name;


    [XmlIgnore]
    public string Name
    {
        get
        {
            return _name;
        }
        set
        {
            _name = value;
            ThePersonName = new PersonName()
                                {
                                    Name = FullName,
                                    NiceName = _name
                                };
        }
    }

    [XmlElement(ElementName = "Name")]
    public PersonName ThePersonName { get; set; }

    public string FullName { get; set; }

}

public class PersonName
{
    [XmlAttribute]
    public string NiceName { get; set; }

    [XmlText]
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Using

        XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Person));
        Person ali = new Person();
        ali.FullName = "Ali Kheyrollahi";
        ali.Name = "Nobody";
        s.Serialize(new FileStream("ali.xml",FileMode.Create), ali);

Will generate

  Ali Kheyrollahi
  Ali Kheyrollahi