XmlArrayAttribute Constructors

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Serialization

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll

Initializes a new instance of the XmlArrayAttribute class.

Overloads

XmlArrayAttribute()	Initializes a new instance of the XmlArrayAttribute class.
XmlArrayAttribute(String)	Initializes a new instance of the XmlArrayAttribute class and specifies the XML element name generated in the XML document instance.

XmlArrayAttribute()

Source:

XmlArrayAttribute.cs

Initializes a new instance of the XmlArrayAttribute class.

C#

public XmlArrayAttribute();

Examples

The following example assigns the XmlArrayAttribute to two arrays.

C#

public class MyClass
{
    [XmlArrayAttribute()]
    public string [] MyStringArray;
    [XmlArrayAttribute()]
    public int [] MyIntegerArray;
}

Remarks

For more information about using attributes, see Attributes.

See also

• XmlArrayItemAttribute
• XmlSerializer

XmlArrayAttribute(String)

Source:

XmlArrayAttribute.cs

Initializes a new instance of the XmlArrayAttribute class and specifies the XML element name generated in the XML document instance.

C#

public XmlArrayAttribute(string? elementName);

Parameters

elementName

String

The name of the XML element that the XmlSerializer generates.

Examples

The following example assigns the XmlArrayAttribute to two arrays, and serializes a class instance that contains those arrays.

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

public class MyClass{
   [XmlArrayAttribute("MyStrings")]
   public string [] MyStringArray;
   [XmlArrayAttribute(ElementName = "MyIntegers")]
   public int [] MyIntegerArray;
}

public class Run{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Run test = new Run();
      test.SerializeObject("MyClass.xml");
   }

   public void SerializeObject(string filename)
   {
      // Creates a new instance of the XmlSerializer class.
      XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyClass));
      // Needs a StreamWriter to write the file.
      TextWriter myWriter= new StreamWriter(filename);

      MyClass myClass = new MyClass();
      // Creates and populates a string array, then assigns
      // it to the MyStringArray property.
      string [] myStrings = {"Hello", "World", "!"};
      myClass.MyStringArray = myStrings;
      /* Creates and populates an integer array, and assigns
      it to the MyIntegerArray property. */
      int [] myIntegers = {1,2,3};
      myClass.MyIntegerArray = myIntegers;
      // Serializes the class, and writes it to disk.
      s.Serialize(myWriter, myClass);
      myWriter.Close();
   }
}

XML

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <MyClass1 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema">
   <MyStrings>
     <string>Hello</string>
     <string>World</string>
     <string>!</string>
   </MyStrings>
   <MyIntegers>
     <int>1</int>
     <int>2</int>
     <int>3</int>
   </MyIntegers>
 </MyClass1>

Remarks

For more information about using attributes, see Attributes.

See also

• XmlArrayItemAttribute
• XmlSerializer