Question

I have the following xml I’d like to deserialize into a class

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?> <root>   <element1>String1</element1>   <element2>String2</element2> </root> 

I am trying to serialize it into the following class:

    [XmlRoot('root')]     public class root     {         [XmlElement('element1')]         internal string element1 { get; set; }          [XmlElement('element2')]         internal string element2 { get; set; }     } 

When I try deserializing it using the following code, the config object is instantiated, but the strings are null.

     using (TextReader reader = new StreamReader(configFile))         {             XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(root));             this.config = (root)serializer.Deserialize(reader);         } 

I’ve tried using xsd.exe to create an xsd, and then create a class based off of that, but there is too much clutter generated by that tool. I think I’m close here. What am I missing?

Answer 1

You can’t serialise/deserialise internal properties – They have to be public.