Question

i have the following xml (which i can not edit):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<ns0:prices xmlns:ns0="http://schemas.some.com/sadas/Output">
  <pricepoint>
    <esid>
      ENG.GPL.DAY_AHEAD.PROMPT.PH.M
    </esid>
    <observationdate>20120123</observationdate>
    <observationtime>0000</observationtime>
    <price>22.1250</price>
    <quote>Q</quote>
  </pricepoint>
  <pricepoint>
    <esid>
      ENG.NBP.DAY_AHEAD.PROMPT.PH.M
    </esid>
    <observationdate>20120123</observationdate>
    <observationtime>0000</observationtime>
    <price>53.8500</price>
    <quote>Q</quote>
  </pricepoint>
  <pricepoint>
    <esid>
      ENG.NCG.DAY_AHEAD.PROMPT.PH.M
    </esid>
    <observationdate>20120123</observationdate>
    <observationtime>0000</observationtime>
    <price>22.0750</price>
    <quote>Q</quote>
  </pricepoint>
  <pricepoint>
    <esid>
      ENG.TTF.DAY_AHEAD.PROMPT.PH.M
    </esid>
    <observationdate>20120123</observationdate>
    <observationtime>0000</observationtime>
    <price>21.9500</price>
    <quote>Q</quote>
  </pricepoint>
  <pricepoint>
    <esid>
      ENG.ZEEBRUGGE.DAY_AHEAD.PROMPT.PH.M
    </esid>
    <observationdate>20120123</observationdate>
    <observationtime>0000</observationtime>
    <price>53.6500</price>
    <quote>Q</quote>
  </pricepoint>
</ns0:prices>

and the following object i want to map it to:

[Serializable]
public class Prices 
{

    public List<Pricepoint> prices { get; set; }
}

[Serializable]
public class Pricepoint
{

    public string Esid { get; set; }

    public DateTime Observationdate { get; set; }

    public int Observationtime { get; set; }

    public double Price { get; set; }

    public string Quote { get; set; }

}

Using the following method:

    public static object Deserialize(Type typeToDeserialize,byte[] bytes)
    {
        var mem = new MemoryStream(bytes);
        var ser = new XmlSerializer(typeToDeserialize);
        return ser.Deserialize(mem);
    }

which is invoed by Deserialize(typeof(Prices), byteArrayofXMLfile);

I do however get an error regarding the namespace line of the xml:

There is an error in XML document (3, 2)

I cant figure out what i am doing wrong here?

Answer 1

resolved the problem by letting visual studio generating the classes for me:

C:\>xsd latest.xml
Microsoft (R) Xml Schemas/DataTypes support utility
[Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 4.0.30319.1]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Writing file 'C:\latest.xsd'.

C:\>xsd latest.xsd /classes
Microsoft (R) Xml Schemas/DataTypes support utility
[Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 4.0.30319.1]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Writing file 'C:\latest.cs'.