c# serialize xml custom attributes

Question

When I serialize class object into xml. Properties get saved but not their Attributes. Is there any way we can serialize/de-serialize their attributes as well

Following is example:

[Category("Invoice Fare(Selling Price) / Client Fare PP")]
        [Description("Client Tax / Tax PP")]
        [DisplayName("Client Tax / Tax PP")]
        [Browsable(true)]
        [RadSortOrder(5)]
        public string clientTax { get; set; }

like above example could be like below

<clientTax Category='xxx' Description='aaa'></clientTax>

Answer 1

To serialize to XML attributes, you will need to make a class where properties will be the XML attributes decorated with the [XmlAttribute] annotation.

To reproduce your exemple, it would look like this :

public class ClientTax
{
    [XmlAttribute]
    public string Category { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute]
    public string Description { get; set; }
}