Change XmlElement name for XML serialisation

Question

We have the followig code:

[Serializable]
public class Class1
{
    [XmlElement(\"description\")]
    public string Description { get; set; }
}
class Program         


        

Answer 1

You can use XmlTypeAttribute.TypeName for this.

Try this for you Class1 definition

    [XmlType(TypeName = "Item1")]
    [Serializable]
    public class Class1
    {
        [XmlElement("description")]
        public string Description { get; set; }
    }