XmlSerializer List Item Element Name, Value

Question

Hello,

I need this one.

<GROUP>  
	<TASK>  
		<NAME value="Receiver Serial number" />  
    	<QUANTITY value="67" />  
		//..//.  
		<PRICE value="63 €" />  
	</TASK>  
</GROUP>  

I got this.

<GROUP>  
  <TASK>  
    <KeyValue value="Receiver Serial number">  
      <Key>Name</Key>  
    </KeyValue>  
    <KeyValue value="67">  
      <Key>Quantiy</Key>  
    </KeyValue>  
  </TASK>  
</GROUP>  

What is wrong, how can I solve it well?

That is my code!

public class HelperTest  
    {  
        private static readonly XmlWriterSettings WriterSettingsExclusiv = new XmlWriterSettings { OmitXmlDeclaration = true, Indent = true, Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(true) };  
        private static readonly XmlSerializerNamespaces Namespaces = new XmlSerializerNamespaces(new[] { new XmlQualifiedName("", ""), });        
  
  
        [XmlElement]  
        public Group Group { get; set; }  
  
        public  void SaveTraceXML<T>(string file, T dataObject)  
        {  
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));  
  
            using (Stream stream = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Create))  
            using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stream, WriterSettingsExclusiv))  
            {  
                serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, dataObject, Namespaces);  
            }  
        }  
    }  
  
    //[XmlRoot("GROUP")]  
    //[XmlElement(@"Key")]  
    public class KeyValue  
    {  
        [XmlElement]  
        //[XmlAttribute("key")]  
        public string Key { get; set; }  
  
        [XmlAttribute("value")]  
        public string Value { get; set; }  
    }  
  
  
    [XmlRoot("GROUP")]  
    public  class Group  
    {  
        //[XmlElement("TASK")]  
        //public Dictionary<string, KeyValue> Task { get; set; }  
        [XmlArray("TASK")]  
        //[XmlArrayItem("Side")]  
        public List<KeyValue> ListTaskElements { get; set; }  
        // public SerializableDictionary<string, KeyValue> Task2 { get; set; }  
    }  
  
// *** from Main Window!  
HelperTest ht = new HelperTest();  
ht.Group = new Group();  
ht.Group.ListTaskElements = new System.Collections.Generic.List<KeyValue>();  
  
ht.Group.ListTaskElements.Add(new KeyValue() { Key = "Name", Value = "Receiver Serial number" });  
ht.Group.ListTaskElements.Add(new KeyValue() { Key = "Quantiy", Value = "67" });  
  
  
ht.SaveTraceXML(@"C:\Temp\TTTTTT.XML", ht.Group);  

Thanks for your help in advance!

Answer 1

@Markus Freitag , after my attempt, I find it is hard to get your desired output if you want to Serialize your class into a file at once.

I recommend that you make some changes in the generated file.

Here is a code example you could refer to.

    var doc = XDocument.Load("test.XML");  
        var result = doc.Descendants("KeyValue");  
        foreach (var item in result)  
        {  
            Console.WriteLine(item.Element("Key").Value);  
            item.Name = item.Element("Key").Value;  
             
        }  
        doc.Descendants("Key").Remove();  
        doc.Save("test.XML");  

Result:

Hope this could help you.

Best Regards,
Jack