using System;

using System.IO;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var writerValue = String.Empty;

        var student = new Student

        {

            Id=1,

            Name="Amrit",

            IsSenior=true

        };

        // for serialization 

        var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Student));

        using (var writer = new StringWriter())

        {

            serializer.Serialize(writer, student);

            writerValue = writer.ToString();

            Console.WriteLine(writerValue);

        }

        // for deserialization

        var deserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Student));

        using (var reader = new StringReader(writerValue))

        {

            var studentReader = (Student)deserializer.Deserialize(reader);

            Console.WriteLine("\nReading Student values");

            foreach(PropertyDescriptor descriptor in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(studentReader))

            {

                string name = descriptor.Name;

                object value = descriptor.GetValue(studentReader);

                Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}", name, value);

            }

        }

    }

}

​

[Serializable]

[XmlRoot("StudentDetails")]

public class Student

{

    [XmlElement("MemberId")]

    public int Id {get; set;}

    [XmlElement("MemberName")]

    public string Name {get; set;}

    [XmlAttribute("Senior")] //attribute is added at top

    public bool IsSenior {get; set;}

    [XmlIgnore] // ignores this while creating xml

    public bool Dontshowthis {get; set;}    

}