diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/package.json b/packages/xml-builder/package.json
index 003a55076b816..83d00a76babdc 100644
--- a/packages/xml-builder/package.json
+++ b/packages/xml-builder/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "version": "3.465.0",
   "description": "XML builder for the AWS SDK",
   "dependencies": {
-    "tslib": "^2.5.0"
+    "tslib": "^2.5.0",
+    "@smithy/types": "^2.7.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "concurrently 'yarn:build:cjs' 'yarn:build:es' 'yarn:build:types'",
diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/src/XmlNode.spec.ts b/packages/xml-builder/src/XmlNode.spec.ts
index 75ad649eb9894..16f2f0d9fc81f 100644
--- a/packages/xml-builder/src/XmlNode.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/xml-builder/src/XmlNode.spec.ts
@@ -103,4 +103,25 @@ describe("XmlNode", () => {
       expect(node.removeAttribute("foo")).toBe(node);
     });
   });
+
+  describe("brevity methods", () => {
+    describe('.l() "list', () => {
+      it("creates a list node", () => {
+        const data = { alist: [XmlNode.of("a", "aaa"), XmlNode.of("b", "bbb")] };
+
+        const node = new XmlNode("root");
+        node.l(data, "alist", "member", () => data.alist);
+
+        expect(node.toString()).toEqual("<root><member>aaa</member><member>bbb</member></root>");
+      });
+    });
+    describe('.lc() "list with container"', () => {
+      const data = { alist: [XmlNode.of("a", "aaa"), XmlNode.of("b", "bbb")] };
+
+      const node = new XmlNode("root");
+      node.lc(data, "alist", "member", () => data.alist);
+
+      expect(node.toString()).toEqual("<root><member><a>aaa</a><b>bbb</b></member></root>");
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/xml-builder/src/XmlNode.ts b/packages/xml-builder/src/XmlNode.ts
index b40b7f3e57d0b..e463bd61ce687 100644
--- a/packages/xml-builder/src/XmlNode.ts
+++ b/packages/xml-builder/src/XmlNode.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { XmlText } from "./XmlText";
 
 /**
  * @internal
- * 
+ *
  * Represents an XML node.
  */
 export class XmlNode {
@@ -21,36 +21,106 @@ export class XmlNode {
     return node;
   }
 
-  constructor(private name: string, public readonly children: Stringable[] = []) {}
+  public constructor(private name: string, public readonly children: Stringable[] = []) {}
 
-  withName(name: string): XmlNode {
+  public withName(name: string): XmlNode {
     this.name = name;
     return this;
   }
 
-  addAttribute(name: string, value: any): XmlNode {
+  public addAttribute(name: string, value: any): XmlNode {
     this.attributes[name] = value;
     return this;
   }
 
-  addChildNode(child: Stringable): XmlNode {
+  public addChildNode(child: Stringable): XmlNode {
     this.children.push(child);
     return this;
   }
 
-  removeAttribute(name: string): XmlNode {
+  public removeAttribute(name: string): XmlNode {
     delete this.attributes[name];
     return this;
   }
 
-  toString(): string {
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * Alias of {@link XmlNode#withName(string)} for codegen brevity.
+   */
+  public n(name: string): XmlNode {
+    this.name = name;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * Alias of {@link XmlNode#addChildNode(string)} for codegen brevity.
+   */
+  public c(child: Stringable): XmlNode {
+    this.children.push(child);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @internal
+   * Checked version of {@link XmlNode#addAttribute(string)} for codegen brevity.
+   */
+  public a(name: string, value: any): XmlNode {
+    if (value != null) {
+      this.attributes[name] = value;
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a child node.
+   * Used in serialization of string fields.
+   * @internal
+   */
+  public cc(input: any, field: string, withName: string = field): void {
+    if (input[field] != null) {
+      const node = XmlNode.of(field, input[field]).withName(withName);
+      this.c(node);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates list child nodes.
+   * @internal
+   */
+  public l(input: any, listName: string, memberName: string, valueProvider: Function): void {
+    if (input[listName] != null) {
+      const nodes = valueProvider();
+      nodes.map((node: any) => {
+        node.withName(memberName);
+        this.c(node);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates list child nodes with container.
+   * @internal
+   */
+  public lc(input: any, listName: string, memberName: string, valueProvider: Function): void {
+    if (input[listName] != null) {
+      const nodes = valueProvider();
+      const containerNode = new XmlNode(memberName);
+      nodes.map((node: any) => {
+        containerNode.c(node);
+      });
+      this.c(containerNode);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public toString(): string {
     const hasChildren = Boolean(this.children.length);
     let xmlText = `<${this.name}`;
     // add attributes
     const attributes = this.attributes;
     for (const attributeName of Object.keys(attributes)) {
       const attribute = attributes[attributeName];
-      if (typeof attribute !== "undefined" && attribute !== null) {
+      if (attribute != null) {
         xmlText += ` ${attributeName}="${escapeAttribute("" + attribute)}"`;
       }
     }