c# - Serialization of list inside parent node (flattening of collection) -

i have generate xml structured (using .net serialization):

<person>    <name>john</john>    <address>address1</address>    <address>address2</address>    <address>address3</address> </person> 

currently, have class person name list<string> addresses inside.

i think xmlserializer create default <addresses> node holds every address child element, get, instead:

<person>    <name>john</john>    <addresses>                  <address>address1</address>       <address>address2</address>       <address>address3</address>    </addresses> </person> 

that is not need.

my question is, possible flatten addresses inside <person>?

use xmlelement instead of xmlarray code below. xmlarray adds layer of tags.

    [xmlroot("person")]     public class person     {         [xmlelement("name")]         public string name {get; set;}         [xmlelement("address")]         public string[] address {get; set;}     }