Synopsis

public class XmlRootAttribute : Attribute {
// Public Constructors
   public XmlRootAttribute( );  
   public XmlRootAttribute( string elementName);  
// Public Instance Properties
   public string DataType{set; get; } 
   public string ElementName{set; get; } 
   public bool IsNullable{set; get; } 
   public string Namespace{set; get; } 
}

This type is used to indicate the class that will be serialized to XML as the root element. Its ElementName property indicates the name of the element to be serialized.