Serialize a list of object to Xml with Linq : Xml serialization « XML « C# / CSharp Tutorial

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

    public class Customer{
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public string EmailAddress { get; set; }

        public override string ToString()
        {
            return string.Format("{0} {1}\nEmail:   {2}",FirstName, LastName, EmailAddress);
        }
    }
    public class Tester{
        static void Main(){
            List<Customer> customers = new List<Customer>{
                new Customer { FirstName = "A", 
                               LastName = "G",
                               EmailAddress = "o@a.com"},
                new Customer { FirstName = "B", 
                               LastName = "C",
                               EmailAddress = "k@a.com" },
                new Customer { FirstName = "D", 
                               LastName = "C",
                               EmailAddress = "d@a.com" },
                new Customer { FirstName = "E", 
                               LastName = "G",
                               EmailAddress = "j@a.com" },
                new Customer { FirstName = "L", 
                               LastName = "H",
                               EmailAddress = "l@a.com" }
            };
            XmlDocument customerXml = new XmlDocument();
            XmlElement rootElem = customerXml.CreateElement("Customers");
            customerXml.AppendChild(rootElem);
            foreach (Customer customer in customers){
                XmlElement customerElem = customerXml.CreateElement("Customer");
                XmlAttribute firstNameAttr = customerXml.CreateAttribute("FirstName");
                firstNameAttr.Value = customer.FirstName;
                customerElem.Attributes.Append(firstNameAttr);

                XmlAttribute lastNameAttr = customerXml.CreateAttribute("LastName");
                lastNameAttr.Value = customer.LastName;
                customerElem.Attributes.Append(lastNameAttr);

                XmlElement emailAddress = customerXml.CreateElement("EmailAddress");
                emailAddress.InnerText = customer.EmailAddress;
                customerElem.AppendChild(emailAddress);

                rootElem.AppendChild(customerElem);
            }
            Console.WriteLine(customerXml.OuterXml);
        }

    }