using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

using System.Xml;

using System.IO;

using System.Diagnostics;

using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

using System.Threading;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Xml.Linq;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Data;

using System.Xml.Schema;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

using System.Net;

using System.Xml.XPath;

using System.Globalization;

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

using System.Collections;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

using System.Runtime.Serialization;

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    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47641607/c-sharp-serializing-xmlelement-with-xmltext

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    public class CustomElement<T>

    {

        [XmlIgnore]

        public T Value;

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        [XmlText]

        public T XmlValue { get => Value; set => Value = value; }

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        public CustomElement()

        {

        }

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        public CustomElement(T value)

        {

            Value = value;

        }

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        [XmlIgnore]

        public bool? Something { get; set; }

        [XmlAttribute("something")]

        public bool XmlSomething

        {

            get => Something != null && Something.Value;

            set => Something = value;

        }

        [XmlIgnore]

        public bool XmlSomethingSpecified => Something.HasValue;

        public static implicit operator CustomElement<T>(T x)

        {

            return new CustomElement<T>(x);

        }

    }

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    [XmlRoot("item")]

    [XmlType(TypeName = "ci")]

    public class Item

    {

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        [XmlElement("attribute1")]

        public CustomElement<string> Attribute1 { get; set; }

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        [XmlElement("attribute2")]

        public CustomElement<string> Attribute2 { get; set; }

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        [XmlElement("attribute3")]

        public CustomElement<string> Attribute3 { get; set; }

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        // Etc Etc

    }

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    class TestClass

    {

        public static void Test()

        {

            var item = new Item

            {

                Attribute1 = "1",

                Attribute2 = new CustomElement<string>("2") { Something = true },

                Attribute3 = new CustomElement<string>("3") { Something = false },

            };

            var xml = item.GetXml(true);

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            Console.WriteLine(xml);

        }

    }

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    public class AssertionFailedException : System.Exception

    {

        public AssertionFailedException() : base() { }

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        public AssertionFailedException(string s) : base(s) { }

    }

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    public static class Assert

    {

        public static void IsTrue(bool value)

        {

            IsTrue(value, "failed");

        }

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        public static void IsTrue(bool value, string message)

        {

            if (value == false)

                throw new AssertionFailedException(message ?? "failed");

        }

    }

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    public static class XmlSerializationHelper

    {

        public static T LoadFromXml<T>(this string xmlString, XmlSerializer serial = null)

        {

            serial = serial ?? new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));

            T returnValue = default(T);

            using (StringReader reader = new StringReader(xmlString))

            {

                object result = serial.Deserialize(reader);

                if (result is T)

                {

                    returnValue = (T)result;

                }

            }

            return returnValue;

        }

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        public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, bool omitStandardNamespaces)

        {

            return obj.GetXml(null, omitStandardNamespaces);

        }

        public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, XmlSerializer serializer = null, bool omitStandardNamespaces = false)

        {

            XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = null;

            if (omitStandardNamespaces)

            {

                ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();

                ns.Add("", ""); // Disable the xmlns:xsi and xmlns:xsd lines.

            }           

            using (var textWriter = new StringWriter())

            {

                var settings = new XmlWriterSettings() { Indent = true }; // For cosmetic purposes.

                using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(textWriter, settings))

                    (serializer ?? new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType())).Serialize(xmlWriter, obj, ns);

                return textWriter.ToString();

            }

        }

    }

    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main()

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Environment version: " + Environment.Version);

            Console.WriteLine();

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            TestClass.Test();

        }

    }

​