>-----Original Message-----
>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to solve an XML serialization problem that
>appears to me to be be a bug with the XmlSerializer.
>Let's say I have a class that looks like this:
>
>[XmlRootAttibute(ElementName="x"]
>public class y
>{
> [XmlAttribute("a")] public string a;
> [XmlAttribute("b")] public string b;
>}
>
>And I create an array of y using standard syntax:
>
>y [] yArray = new y[2];
>
>If I pass yArray directly to an XmlSerializer object for
>serialization, the serializer ignores the
>XmlRootAttribute setting on the class and serializes it
>as "y" instead of x. Somehting like this:
>
><yArray>
> <y a="1" b="2"/>
> <y a="3" b="4"/>
><yArray>
>
>However, if I encapsulate that array into another class,
>and then serialize the containing class, it works
>properly.
>
>[XmlRootAttribute(ElementName="x_list")]
>public class z
>{
> z()
> {
> y = new y[2];
> }
> [XmlElement("x")] public y[] yArray;
>}
>
>This serializes y to x the way I want it to:
>
><x_list>
> <x a="1" b="2"/>
> <x a="3" b="4"/>
><x_list>
>
>I've tried overriding the XmlSerializer to no avail.
Why
>doesn't it pick up the XmlRootAttribute from the
>declaration of the class y when it is placed into an
>array and serialized directly? I'd like to not have to
>encapsulate the array into another class.
>
>.