Formatting of XML created by DataContractSerializer

Question

Is there an easy way to get DataContractSerializer to spit out formatted XML rather then one long string? I don\'t want to change the tags or content in any way, just have it ad

Answer 1

As bendewey says, XmlWriterSettings is what you need - e.g. something like

var ds = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Foo));

var settings = new XmlWriterSettings { Indent = true };

using (var w = XmlWriter.Create("fooOutput.xml", settings))
    ds.WriteObject(w, someFoos);