Attribute XmlNamespaceDeclarations is ignored during XML serialization

Question

I try to serialize an object with custom namespaces. This is how the class looks like:

[XmlRoot(\"Root\", Namespace = \"myNamespace\")]
public partial class          


        

Answer 1

You wont be able to do anything special to your serialized class - its a known issue. Various workarounds have been suggested here:

XmlSerializer: remove unnecessary xsi and xsd namespaces

How to serialize an object to XML without getting xmlns="..."?

xml serialization - remove namespace