Remove “d1p1” namespace prefix in DataContractSerializer XML output

Question

I\'m using DatacontractSerializer to serialize my domainModel into a xml file. I\'m getting output like below.

Answer 1

Using an empty namespace seems to remove the prefix. Setup your class with the following DataContract attribute:

[DataContract(Namespace="")]
public class MyClass
{ ... }

Then be sure to set the namespace to an empty string when (de)serializing:

DataContractSerializer deserializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(MyClass), typeof(MyClass).Name, "");