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i can generate following xml document i'm having trouble version attribute on 'iskeyvaluelist'element. using xmlserializer. should note xml being passed api requires exact structure follows.

<userdata>   <iskeyvaluelist  version="1.00">      <item type="string" key="ageofdependents">8,6,1<item/>      <item type="boolean" key="securitiesinposession"> true </item>      <item type="boolean" key="securitiesowners"> true </item>   </iskeyvaluelist> </userdata>  

i have read several stack overflow bounties have learned add version attribute list had move list class. following generates structure above adds element want avoid.

c#

userdata newuserdata = new userdata(); newuserdata.iskeyvaluelist = new dataproperties(); newuserdata.iskeyvaluelist.items = new list<item>() {    new item()    {        type = "string",        key = "ageofdependents",        //add data form       value = string.join(",", application.applicants[0].ageofdependants)       },     new item(){ type = "boolean", key = "securitiesinpossession", value = "true" }     };  newclientdetails.userdata = newuserdata;  //pass object serializer here 

model

public class userdata {     public dataproperties iskeyvaluelist { get; set; } }  public class dataproperties {     [xmlattribute("version")]     public string version { get; set; }     public list<item> items { get; set; }      public dataproperties()     {         version = "1.00";     } }  public class item {     [xmlattribute("type")]     public string type { get; set; }     [xmlattribute("key")]     public string key { get; set; }     [xmltext]     public string value { get; set; } } 

current output

however add extra, unwanted element (highlighted above) xml document. there way can remove element configuring model i'd rather avoid setting custom serializers etc.

add attribute [xmlelement("item")] dataproperties.items property.