Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer must serialize a member that is set to null as an empty tag with the xsi:nil attribute set to true.
Syntax
Value
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Remarks
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 XmlElementAttribute.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 System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer generates the following XML code.
Example
<MyStringArray xsi:nil = "true" />
If the XmlElementAttribute.IsNullable property is false, no XML element is generated for class members that have been set to null.
You cannot apply the XmlElementAttribute.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.
Requirements
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0