Prevent self closing tags in XmlSerializer when no data is present

Question

When I serialize the value : If there is no value present in for data then it\'s coming like below format.

  
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Answer 1

You can add a dummy field to prevent the self-closing element.

[XmlText]
public string datavalue= " ";

Or if you want the code for your class then Your class should be like this.

public class Notes
{
   [XmlElement("Type")]
   public string typeName { get; set; }

   [XmlElement("Data")]
   private string _dataValue;
   public string dataValue {
      get {
          if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(_dataValue))
             return " ";
          else
             return _dataValue;
      }
      set {
          _dataValue = value;
      }
   }
}