Remove empty xmlns created by serializer

Question

I have an object generated by an \"Add service reference...\" operation and I am manually serializing it with a generic serializer I wrote.

My problem is that the da

Answer 1

If you have control over the serializer you can always add a null namespace to ensure the xmlns is omitted from the output XML. For instance:

var serializer = new XmlSerializer(target.GetType()); 
var ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces(); 
ns.Add("",""); 
serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, target, ns); 

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