c# - Property will not serialize as XML attribute -
i attempting serialize class xml , have properties serialized attributes of class, rather nested node. using webapi automatically handle serialization of xml. this class: [datacontract (namespace="", name="attributetest")] [serializable] public class attributetestclass { [xmlattribute("property")] [datamember] public int property1 { get; set; } } here output receiving (note property1 not attribute in spite of being decorated [xmlattribute] ): <attributetest xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema-instance"> <property1>123</property1> </attributetest> this output want receive: <attributetest property1="123" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema-instance"> </attributetest> what missing? i'm not familiar webapi output receive looks it's serialized using datacontractserializer , not xmlserializer need. check if adding following application_...