XML Serialization to use empty array instead of NULL

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I have a property ``` [XmlElement] public string[] Emails { get; set; } ``` which is initialized as string[0] at constructor. If I XML serialize and deserialize a default instance of this object, the property is NULL. How can I tell the XML Serializer to use an empty array instead of NULL for this property?

Accepted Answer

5 years later... :) Replacing Array with List<> did the trick for me. ``` [XmlElement (IsNullable = false)] public List Emails {get;set;} ```

XML Serialization to use empty array instead of NULL

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