XmlElementAttribute::IsNullable Property
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the XmlSerializer must serialize a member that is set to null as an empty tag with the xsi:nil attribute set to true.
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Property Value
Type: System::Booleantrue 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 null. For example if you set a field named MyStringArray to null, 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 null.
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You cannot apply the IsNullable property to a member typed as a value type because a value type cannot contain null. Additionally, you cannot set this property to false for nullable value types. When such types are null, they will be serialized by setting xsi:nil to true. |
The following example shows a field with the XmlElementAttribute applied to it, and the IsNullable property set to false.
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
