Remove Namespaces During XML Serialization

Question

Given this generic serialization code:

public virtual string Serialize(System.Text.Encoding encoding)
{
 System.IO.StreamReader streamReader = null;
 System.         


        

Answer 1

You can remove the namespaces like this:

XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
ns.Add(string.Empty, string.Empty);
ns.Add(string.Empty, "Com.Foo.Request");
Serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, this, ns);

As for adding the doctype, I know it's possible to make a custom XmlWriter and just override WriteStartDocument with a method that makes a call to WriteDocType, but I kind of hope someone else knows an easier way than that.

EDIT: Incidentally, I strongly recommend using using:

using(System.Xml.XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(etc.))
{
  // use it here.
}

It automatically handles tidying up of the streams by calling the Dispose method when the block ends.