private void WriteElement(object o, ElementAccessor element, string arrayName, bool writeAccessor, XmlMapping parentMapping = null)
        {
            string name = writeAccessor ? element.Name : element.Mapping.TypeName;
            string ns   = element.Any && element.Name.Length == 0 ? null : (element.Form == XmlSchemaForm.Qualified ? (writeAccessor ? element.Namespace : element.Mapping.Namespace) : "");

            if (element.Mapping is NullableMapping)
            {
                if (o != null)
                {
                    ElementAccessor e = element.Clone();
                    e.Mapping = ((NullableMapping)element.Mapping).BaseMapping;
                    WriteElement(o, e, arrayName, writeAccessor);
                }
                else if (element.IsNullable)
                {
                    WriteNullTagLiteral(element.Name, ns);
                }
            }
            else if (element.Mapping is ArrayMapping)
            {
                var mapping = (ArrayMapping)element.Mapping;

                if (element.IsNullable && o == null)
                {
                    WriteNullTagLiteral(element.Name, element.Form == XmlSchemaForm.Qualified ? element.Namespace : "");
                }
                else if (mapping.IsSoap)
                {
                    if (mapping.Elements == null || mapping.Elements.Length != 1)
                    {
                        throw new InvalidOperationException(SR.XmlInternalError);
                    }

                    var itemElement   = mapping.Elements[0];
                    var itemMapping   = itemElement.Mapping as StructMapping;
                    var itemName      = writeAccessor ? itemElement.Name : itemMapping.TypeName;
                    var itemNamespace = itemElement.Any && itemElement.Name.Length == 0 ? null : (itemElement.Form == XmlSchemaForm.Qualified ? (writeAccessor ? itemElement.Namespace : itemMapping.Namespace) : "");

                    if (!writeAccessor)
                    {
                        WritePotentiallyReferencingElement(name, ns, o, mapping.TypeDesc.Type, true, element.IsNullable);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        WritePotentiallyReferencingElement(name, ns, o, null, false, element.IsNullable);
                    }
                }
                else if (element.IsUnbounded)
                {
                    TypeDesc arrayTypeDesc = mapping.TypeDesc.CreateArrayTypeDesc();

                    var enumerable = (IEnumerable)o;
                    foreach (var e in enumerable)
                    {
                        element.IsUnbounded = false;
                        WriteElement(e, element, arrayName, writeAccessor);
                        element.IsUnbounded = true;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    if (o != null)
                    {
                        WriteStartElement(name, ns, false);
                        WriteArrayItems(mapping.ElementsSortedByDerivation, null, null, mapping.TypeDesc, o);
                        WriteEndElement();
                    }
                }
            }
            else if (element.Mapping is EnumMapping)
            {
                if (element.Mapping.IsSoap)
                {
                    Writer.WriteStartElement(name, ns);
                    WriteEnumMethod((EnumMapping)element.Mapping, o);
                    WriteEndElement();
                }
                else
                {
                    WritePrimitive(WritePrimitiveMethodRequirement.WriteElementString, name, ns, element.Default, o, element.Mapping, false, true, element.IsNullable);
                }
            }
            else if (element.Mapping is PrimitiveMapping)
            {
                PrimitiveMapping mapping = (PrimitiveMapping)element.Mapping;
                if (mapping.TypeDesc == QnameTypeDesc)
                {
                    WriteQualifiedNameElement(name, ns, element.Default, (XmlQualifiedName)o, element.IsNullable, mapping.IsSoap, mapping);
                }
                else
                {
                    WritePrimitiveMethodRequirement suffixNullable = mapping.IsSoap ? WritePrimitiveMethodRequirement.Encoded : WritePrimitiveMethodRequirement.None;
                    WritePrimitiveMethodRequirement suffixRaw      = mapping.TypeDesc.XmlEncodingNotRequired ? WritePrimitiveMethodRequirement.Raw : WritePrimitiveMethodRequirement.None;
                    WritePrimitive(element.IsNullable
                        ? WritePrimitiveMethodRequirement.WriteNullableStringLiteral | suffixNullable | suffixRaw
                        : WritePrimitiveMethodRequirement.WriteElementString | suffixRaw,
                                   name, ns, element.Default, o, mapping, mapping.IsSoap, true, element.IsNullable);
                }
            }
            else if (element.Mapping is StructMapping)
            {
                var mapping = (StructMapping)element.Mapping;
                if (mapping.IsSoap)
                {
                    WritePotentiallyReferencingElement(name, ns, o, !writeAccessor ? mapping.TypeDesc.Type : null, !writeAccessor, element.IsNullable);
                }
                else
                {
                    WriteStructMethod(mapping, name, ns, o, element.IsNullable, needType: false, parentMapping: parentMapping);
                }
            }
            else if (element.Mapping is SpecialMapping)
            {
                if (element.Mapping is SerializableMapping)
                {
                    WriteSerializable((IXmlSerializable)o, name, ns, element.IsNullable, !element.Any);
                }
                else
                {
                    // XmlNode, XmlElement
                    var node = o as XmlNode;
                    if (node != null)
                    {
                        WriteElementLiteral(node, name, ns, element.IsNullable, element.Any);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        throw CreateInvalidAnyTypeException(o);
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException(SR.XmlInternalError);
            }
        }