The System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAnyAttributeAttribute can be applied to a member that returns an array of System.Xml.XmlAttribute objects on deserialization. This allows the System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer to deserialize any attributes that do not have a corresponding member in the object being deserialized--thus those elements are "unknown" to the System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer. This is useful when the XML stream has been altered by an XML Web service, or when it is known that random data is always included with the XML stream.

The XmlAttributes.XmlAnyAttribute property allows you to override the serialization of a member to which the System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAnyAttributeAttribute has been applied.

Namespace: System.Xml.Serialization
Assembly: System.Xml (in System.Xml.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0