c# xml serialization with XmlAttribute tag

Question

I am trying to serialize an object using XmlSerializer. The input class that has a property with [XmlAttribute] is not showing up in output xml. Anyway to fix this?

Answer 1

For it not to appear at all, one of these things is usually true:

• the type is not appropriately accessible; for typical values, this means that it needs a public getter and setter; if it lacks both: it will not be serialized (note that for collections, only a getter is required)
• conditional serialization of some form is enabled (either via [DefaultValue] , or a ShouldSerialize*() method), and is indicating to omit it
• it is being fully ignored ( [XmlIgnore] , for example)