using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.IO;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

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public class Person

{

    public string Name {get;set;}

    public string LastName {get;set;}

}

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        List<Person> person = new List<Person>();   

        /*

        Person person1 = new Person();

        person1.Name = "user1";

        person.Add(person1);

        //Person person1 = new Person();

        person1.Name = "user1";

        person1.LastName = "test";

        person.Add(person1);

        */      

        person.Add(new Person(){ Name = "user1"});

        //person.Add(new Person(){ Name = "user2"});

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        /*

           stream and xmlSer provide the configuration in order to convert the list to XML

           stream = It creates the file if it does not exist but also provides the path for the file

           xmlSer = Providers the XMLSerlizer the configuration of what type of data to convert from

                    In this case, it's converting the List<Person> to XML

        */

        Stream stream = File.OpenWrite(Environment.CurrentDirectory + "\\File.txt"); 

        XmlSerializer xmlSer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<Person>));

        //We are now putting everything together. We are using the Serialize process

        //to pass our configuration and the list of person

        xmlSer.Serialize(stream, person); 

        //We need to close our stream

        stream.Close();

        //XML

        /*

            <person>

               <name>John</name>

               <lastname>Paul</lastname>

            </person>

            <person>

               <name>Ben</name>

               <lastname></lastname>

            </person>

        */

    }

}