XmlElementAttribute.ElementName Property

Microsoft Silverlight will reach end of support after October 2021. Learn more.

Gets or sets the name of the generated XML element.

Namespace:  System.Xml.Serialization
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property ElementName As String
public string ElementName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The name of the generated XML element. The default is the member identifier.

Remarks

Specify an ElementName if you want the name of the generated XML element to differ from the member's identifier.

You can set the same ElementName value to more than one class member if the generated XML document uses XML namespaces to distinguish between the identically named members.

For more information about

how to use namespaces and prefixed names in the XML document, see the XmlSerializerNamespaces class.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.