1 void Main()
 2 {
 3     var myList = new List<XmlSetting>();
 4     myList.Add(new XmlSetting("name1", "value1") { IsProtected = false });
 5     myList.Add(new XmlSetting("name2", "value2") { IsProtected = true });
 6     myList.Add(new XmlSetting("name3", "value3") { IsProtected = false, DisplayName = "Name 3" });
 7     
 8     GetEntityXml<XmlSetting>(myList, "Settings").Dump();
 9 }
10 
11 public XmlDocument GetEntityXml<T>(IEnumerable<T> list, string rootNode)
12 {
13     XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
14     XPathNavigator nav = xmlDoc.CreateNavigator();
15     using (XmlWriter writer = nav.AppendChild())
16     {
17         XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<T>), new XmlRootAttribute(rootNode));
18         ser.Serialize(writer, list);
19     }
20     return xmlDoc;
21 }
22 
23 [XmlRoot("Test")]
24 public class XmlSetting
25 {
26     [XmlAttribute("Name")]
27     public string Name { get; set; }
28 
29     [XmlAttribute("Value")]
30     public string Value { get; set; }
31 
32     [XmlAttribute("DisplayName")]
33     public string DisplayName { get; set; }
34 
35     [XmlAttribute("IsProtected")]
36     public bool IsProtected { get; set; }
37 
38     public XmlSetting(string name, string value) {
39         this.Name = name;
40         this.Value = value;
41     }
42 
43     public XmlSetting() {}
44 }