您没有提供对象的所有属性,所以允许我添加一些 – 就像一个例子：

public class BaseContent
{
    [XmlAttribute("Name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

[XmlType(TypeName = "EventObject")]
public class Event : BaseContent
{
    [XmlAttribute("EventId")]
    public int EventId { get; set; }
}

[XmlType(TypeName = "NewsObject")]
public class News : BaseContent
{
    [XmlAttribute("NewsId")]
    public int NewsId { get; set; }
}

GenericResponse.cs可以这样定义 – 不需要为数组项指定typeof：

public class GenericResponse<T>
{
    [XmlArray("Content")]
    public List<T> ContentItems { get; set; }

    public GenericResponse()
    {
        this.ContentItems = new List<T>();
    }
}

然后你有响应类：

public class EventResponse : GenericResponse<Event>
{
}

public class NewsResponse : GenericResponse<News>
{
}

示例1：序列化EventResponse对象

var response = new EventResponse
{
    ContentItems = new List<Event> 
    {
        new Event {
            EventId = 1,Name = "Event 1"
        },new Event {
            EventId = 2,Name = "Event 2"
        }
    }
};

string xml = XmlSerializer<EventResponse>.Serialize(response);

输出XML：

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<EventResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <Content>
        <EventObject Name="Event 1" EventId="1" />
        <EventObject Name="Event 2" EventId="2" />
    </Content>
</EventResponse>

如果您尝试与NewsResponse相同,它将正常工作. BTW我使用我的generic XmlSerializer,点击链接了解更多.

XmlSerializer.cs：

/// <summary>
/// XML serializer helper class. Serializes and deserializes objects from/to XML
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to serialize/deserialize.
/// Must have a parameterless constructor and implement <see cref="Serializable"/></typeparam>
public class XmlSerializer<T> where T: class,new()
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Deserializes a XML string into an object
    /// Default encoding: <c>UTF8</c>
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="xml">The XML string to deserialize</param>
    /// <returns>An object of type <c>T</c></returns>
    public static T Deserialize(string xml)
    {
        return Deserialize(xml,Encoding.UTF8,null);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deserializes a XML string into an object
    /// Default encoding: <c>UTF8</c>
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="xml">The XML string to deserialize</param>
    /// <param name="encoding">The encoding</param>
    /// <returns>An object of type <c>T</c></returns>
    public static T Deserialize(string xml,Encoding encoding)
    {
        return Deserialize(xml,encoding,null);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deserializes a XML string into an object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="xml">The XML string to deserialize</param>
    /// <param name="settings">XML serialization settings. <see cref="System.Xml.XmlReaderSettings"/></param>
    /// <returns>An object of type <c>T</c></returns>
    public static T Deserialize(string xml,XmlReaderSettings settings)
    {
        return Deserialize(xml,settings);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deserializes a XML string into an object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="xml">The XML string to deserialize</param>
    /// <param name="encoding">The encoding</param>
    /// <param name="settings">XML serialization settings. <see cref="System.Xml.XmlReaderSettings"/></param>
    /// <returns>An object of type <c>T</c></returns>
    public static T Deserialize(string xml,Encoding encoding,XmlReaderSettings settings)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(xml))
            throw new ArgumentException("XML cannot be null or empty","xml");

        XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));

        using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(encoding.GetBytes(xml)))
        {
            using (XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(memoryStream,settings))
            {
                return (T) xmlSerializer.Deserialize(xmlReader);
            }
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deserializes a XML file.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="filename">The filename of the XML file to deserialize</param>
    /// <returns>An object of type <c>T</c></returns>
    public static T DeserializeFromFile(string filename)
    {
        return DeserializeFromFile(filename,new XmlReaderSettings());
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Deserializes a XML file.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="filename">The filename of the XML file to deserialize</param>
    /// <param name="settings">XML serialization settings. <see cref="System.Xml.XmlReaderSettings"/></param>
    /// <returns>An object of type <c>T</c></returns>
    public static T DeserializeFromFile(string filename,XmlReaderSettings settings)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(filename))
            throw new ArgumentException("filename","XML filename cannot be null or empty");

        if (! File.Exists(filename))
            throw new FileNotFoundException("Cannot find XML file to deserialize",filename);

        // Create the stream writer with the specified encoding
        using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(filename,settings))
        {
            System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
            return (T) xmlSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize an object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="source">The object to serialize</param>
    /// <returns>A XML string that represents the object to be serialized</returns>
    public static string Serialize(T source)
    {
        // indented XML by default
        return Serialize(source,null,GetIndentedSettings());
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize an object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="source">The object to serialize</param>
    /// <param name="namespaces">Namespaces to include in serialization</param>
    /// <returns>A XML string that represents the object to be serialized</returns>
    public static string Serialize(T source,XmlSerializerNamespaces namespaces)
    {
        // indented XML by default
        return Serialize(source,namespaces,GetIndentedSettings());
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize an object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="source">The object to serialize</param>
    /// <param name="settings">XML serialization settings. <see cref="System.Xml.XmlWriterSettings"/></param>
    /// <returns>A XML string that represents the object to be serialized</returns>
    public static string Serialize(T source,XmlWriterSettings settings)
    {
        return Serialize(source,settings);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize an object
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="source">The object to serialize</param>
    /// <param name="namespaces">Namespaces to include in serialization</param>
    /// <param name="settings">XML serialization settings. <see cref="System.Xml.XmlWriterSettings"/></param>
    /// <returns>A XML string that represents the object to be serialized</returns>
    public static string Serialize(T source,XmlSerializerNamespaces namespaces,XmlWriterSettings settings)
    {
        if (source == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException("source","Object to serialize cannot be null");

        string xml = null;
        XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(source.GetType());

        using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(memoryStream,settings))
            {
                System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer x = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
                x.Serialize(xmlWriter,source,namespaces);

                memoryStream.Position = 0; // rewind the stream before reading back.
                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(memoryStream))
                {
                    xml = sr.ReadToEnd();
                } 
            }
        }

        return xml;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize an object to a XML file
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="source">The object to serialize</param>
    /// <param name="filename">The file to generate</param>
    public static void SerializeToFile(T source,string filename)
    {
        // indented XML by default
        SerializeToFile(source,filename,GetIndentedSettings());
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize an object to a XML file
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="source">The object to serialize</param>
    /// <param name="filename">The file to generate</param>
    /// <param name="namespaces">Namespaces to include in serialization</param>
    public static void SerializeToFile(T source,string filename,XmlSerializerNamespaces namespaces)
    {
        // indented XML by default
        SerializeToFile(source,GetIndentedSettings());
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize an object to a XML file
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="source">The object to serialize</param>
    /// <param name="filename">The file to generate</param>
    /// <param name="settings">XML serialization settings. <see cref="System.Xml.XmlWriterSettings"/></param>
    public static void SerializeToFile(T source,XmlWriterSettings settings)
    {
         SerializeToFile(source,settings);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Serialize an object to a XML file
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="source">The object to serialize</param>
    /// <param name="filename">The file to generate</param>
    /// <param name="namespaces">Namespaces to include in serialization</param>
    /// <param name="settings">XML serialization settings. <see cref="System.Xml.XmlWriterSettings"/></param>
    public static void SerializeToFile(T source,"Object to serialize cannot be null");

        XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(source.GetType());

        using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(filename,settings))
        {
            System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer x = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
            x.Serialize(xmlWriter,namespaces);
        }
    }

    #region Private methods


    private static XmlWriterSettings GetIndentedSettings()
    {
        XmlWriterSettings xmlWriterSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
        xmlWriterSettings.Indent = true;
        xmlWriterSettings.IndentChars = "\t";

        return xmlWriterSettings;
    }

    #endregion
}