IsNullable Property
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XmlElementAttribute.IsNullable Property

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the XmlSerializer must serialize a member that is set to Nothing as an empty tag with the xsi:nil attribute set to true.

Namespace:  System.Xml.Serialization
Assembly:  System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)

'Declaration
Public Property IsNullable As Boolean

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the XmlSerializer generates the xsi:nil attribute; otherwise, false.

The XML schema specification for structures allows an XML document to explicitly signal that an element's content is missing. Such an element contains the attribute xsi:nil set to true. For more information, see the World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3.org) specification, XML Schema Part 1: Structures.

If the IsNullable property is set to true, the xsi:nil attribute is generated for class members that have been set to Nothing. For example, if you set a field named MyStringArray to Nothing, the XmlSerializer generates the following XML code.

 <MyStringArray xsi:nil = "true" />

If the IsNullable property is false, no XML element is generated for class members that have been set to Nothing.

NoteNote:

You cannot apply the IsNullable property to a member typed as a value type because a value type cannot contain Nothing. Additionally, you cannot set this property to false for value types that can be Nothing. When such types are Nothing, they are serialized by setting xsi:nil to true.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

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