Question

How can i deserialize and cast the following xml file?
I want Valid element be casted to bool property and Time object be casted in DateTime property

<Foo>
    <Valid>True</Valid>
    <Time>19/02/2012 00:25:50</Time>
</Foo>

And not with reflection please

Answer 1

Xml deserialization.

Create your class with attributes:

class Foo
{
  [XmlAttribute]
  public bool valid;

  [XmlAttribute]
  public DateTime time;
}

Remember – fields must be public.

And then:

FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(fs);
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Foo));
Foo foo = (Foo)xs.Deserialize(reader);
fs.Close();