C# XmlSerialization: Serialize string with attribute

Question

I want to serialize the following from C# classes/structures into xml:

XML sample:

<xml>
   <somename id="bla">content</somename>
</xml>

How can I achieve, that a string has an additional attribute called id?

Answer 1

I would use something like this:

    [XmlRoot(ElementName="somename")]
    public class Somename {
        [XmlAttribute(AttributeName="id")]
        public string Id { get; set; }
        [XmlText]
        public string Text { get; set; }
    }

    [XmlRoot(ElementName="xml")]
    public class Xml {
        [XmlElement(ElementName="somename")]
        public Somename Somename { get; set; }
    }

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