Clean XML serializing a hierarchical, recursive data structure

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I have this class:\[code\][XmlRoot("menuItem")]public class MenuItem{ [XmlAttribute("text")] public string Text { get; set; } [XmlAttribute("isLink")] public bool IsLink { get; set; } [XmlAttribute("url")] public string Url { get; set; } [XmlArray("items", IsNullable = true)] public List<MenuItem> Items { get; set; }}\[/code\]Which defines a menu hierarchy. Now, on serializing this class, the output XML for a 3-level menu is:\[code\]<menuItem xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"text="Tools" isLink="false"> <items> <MenuItem text="Market" isLink="false"> <items> <MenuItem text="Market Analyzer" isLink="true" url="/tools/market/analyzer"> <items xsi:nil="true" /> </MenuItem> </items> </MenuItem> <MenuItem text="Banking" isLink="false"> <items> <MenuItem text="Purchase" isLink="true" url="/buy?type=good"> <items xsi:nil="true" /> </MenuItem> </items> </MenuItem> <MenuItem text="General" isLink="false"> <items> <MenuItem text="Forecasts" isLink="true" url="/wheather-forcasts?city=la"> <items xsi:nil="true" /> </MenuItem> </items> </MenuItem> </items></menuItem>\[/code\]So, \[code\]MenuItem\[/code\] is both the root and the child-element. As the root, it's serialized as \[code\]menuItem\[/code\] with proper casing. However, as child elements, it's capitalization is not correct. How can I make the serializer create \[code\]menuItem\[/code\] and not \[code\]MenuItem\[/code\] in the output for child items. Case sensitivity matters to me here.I tried to put \[code\][XmlElement]\[/code\] attribute on the class itself, but got the following error:\[quote\] Attribute 'XmlArrayItem' is not valid on this declaration type. It is only valid on 'property, indexer, field, param, return' declarations.\[/quote\]Also, I don't want those default namespaces there, and I don't want the child items to be created as empty elements. The ultimate XML file should be as clean as this XML example:\[code\]<menuItem text='Tools' isLink='false'> <items> <menuItem text='Market' isLink='false'> <items> <menuItem text='Market Analyzer' isLink='true' url='/tools/market/analyzer' /> </items> </menuItem> <menuItem text='Banking' isLink='false'> <items> <menuItem text='Purchase' isLink='true' url='/buy?type=good' /> </items> </menuItem> <menuItem text='General' isLink='false'> <items> <menuItem text='Forecasts' isLink='true' url='/wheather-forcasts?city=la' /> </items> </menuItem> </items></menuItem>\[/code\]What attributes should I use?