Okay so this one is filed under the “I keep looking up the same things” category. In .Net 1 lists of objects were commonly serialized either using an Array or an ArrayList property:
.... /// <summary> /// List Item permissions to be given to this group /// </summary> [XmlArray("ListItems"), XmlArrayItem("ListItemPermissions", typeof(ListItemPermissions))] public ArrayList ListItems { get { return _listItems; } set { _listItems = value; } } .... or .... public Group[] Groups { get { return this.groups; } set { this.groups = value; } }
In .net 2.0 List<T> can be serialized by adding the XmlArray attribute in the property declaration, as follows:
[XmlArray("Audiences")] public List<PortalAudience> Audiences { get; set; }
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