Question

I have the following xml I want to deserialize into object. I’m using C#.

    <?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'windows-1251'?>
    <RootElement>
      <AnotherRoot>
        <parameter name="param1">
          <value>"12"</value>
        </parameter>
        <parameter name="param2">
          <value>"John"</value>
        </parameter>
      </AnotherRoot>
    </RootElement>

Any idea?

Answer 1

You could opt with the following

1. Save the XML as a file
2. Generate an XSD from the XML using either Visual Studio’s XML tools or the xsd.exe from the Visual Studio Command line located in the Start -> Programs -> Visual Studio 2008/2010 -> Visual Studio Tools -> *Command Line
3. Generate a serializable class using the save xsd.exe but now on the .xsd and with the /c argument
4. Include the Generated code inside your solution

5. Inside your code

   XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(YourRootElement));
   YourRootElement deserializedObject = (YourRootElement)serializer.DeSerialize(File.Open(yourXmlFileLocation);

Now you can work with it in a familiar C# object oriented way.