Saving XML Root Attributes

[Priya456]

[XmlRootAttribute("Customer", Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]
public class Customer
{
    private Bitmap picture;

    public Customer()
    {
    }

    [XmlAttributeAttribute(DataType="date")]
    public System.DateTime DateTimeValue;

    public int CustomerID;
    public string CustomerName;
    public int Age;

    [XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
    public bool CustomerPaid;

    [XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
    public Bitmap Picture
    {
        get { return picture; }
        set { picture = value; }
    }

 .
    [XmlElementAttribute("Picture")]
    public byte[] PictureByteArray
    {
        get 
        { 
            if (picture != null)
            {
                TypeConverter BitmapConverter = 
                     TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(picture.GetType());
                return (byte[]) 
                     BitmapConverter.ConvertTo(picture, typeof(byte[]));
            }
            else
                return null;
        }
        
        set 
        { 
            if (value != null)
                picture = new Bitmap(new MemoryStream(value)); 
            else
                picture = null; 
        }
    }

    [XmlArray ("Hobbies"), XmlArrayItem("Hobby", typeof(string))]
    public System.Collections.ArrayList Hobbies = 
           new System.Collections.ArrayList();

    [XmlArray ("EmailAddresses"), 
     XmlArrayItem("EmailAddress", typeof(EmailAddress))]
    public System.Collections.ArrayList EmailAddresses = 
           new System.Collections.ArrayList();
}