using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Xml.Linq;

public struct TestObject {

    public string Name {get; set;}

    public string Value {get; set;}

}

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​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        List<TestObject> testObjects = new List<TestObject> { 

            new TestObject{ Name = "Object1", Value = "Value 1" }, 

            new TestObject{ Name = "Object2", Value = "Value 2" }

        };

        string xml = GenerateXml(testObjects);

        System.Console.Write(xml);

    }

​

    public static string GenerateXml(List<TestObject> objects)

    {

        var xmlDocument = new XDocument(

            new XDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-16", "yes"),

            new XElement("objects", objects.Select(GenerateMyXmlObject))

        );

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        var builder = new StringBuilder();

        using (var writer = new StringWriter(builder))

        {

            xmlDocument.Save(writer);

        }

​

        return builder.ToString();

    }

​

    public static XElement GenerateMyXmlObject(TestObject obj)

    {

        return new XElement("object", new XAttribute(obj.Name, obj.Value));

    }

}