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    copied!<p>Here's a code example:</p> <pre><code>public class Person { public string FirstName { get; set; } public string LastName { get; set; } } </code></pre> <p>...</p> <pre><code>static void Main() { Person[] persons = new Person[] { new Person{ FirstName = "John", LastName = "Smith"}, new Person{ FirstName = "Mark", LastName = "Jones"}, new Person{ FirstName= "Alex", LastName="Hackman"} }; XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Person[]), ""); using (FileStream stream = File.Create("persons-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Substring(0, 4) + ".xml")) { xs.Serialize(stream, persons); } } </code></pre> <p>Here's the output:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt; &lt;ArrayOfPerson xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"&gt; &lt;Person&gt; &lt;FirstName&gt;John&lt;/FirstName&gt; &lt;LastName&gt;Smith&lt;/LastName&gt; &lt;/Person&gt; &lt;Person&gt; &lt;FirstName&gt;Mark&lt;/FirstName&gt; &lt;LastName&gt;Jones&lt;/LastName&gt; &lt;/Person&gt; &lt;Person&gt; &lt;FirstName&gt;Alex&lt;/FirstName&gt; &lt;LastName&gt;Hackman&lt;/LastName&gt; &lt;/Person&gt; &lt;/ArrayOfPerson&gt; </code></pre> <p>Here's a question. How to get rid of root element and render persons just like this:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt; &lt;Person&gt; &lt;FirstName&gt;John&lt;/FirstName&gt; &lt;LastName&gt;Smith&lt;/LastName&gt; &lt;/Person&gt; &lt;Person&gt; &lt;FirstName&gt;Mark&lt;/FirstName&gt; &lt;LastName&gt;Jones&lt;/LastName&gt; &lt;/Person&gt; &lt;Person&gt; &lt;FirstName&gt;Alex&lt;/FirstName&gt; &lt;LastName&gt;Hackman&lt;/LastName&gt; &lt;/Person&gt; </code></pre> <p>Thanks!</p>
 

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