Question

Is it possible to convert the following string to a Sharepoint API object like SPUser or SPUserValueField? (without parsing it)

"<my:Person xmlns:my=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD\"><my:DisplayName>devadmin</my:DisplayName><my:AccountId>GLINTT\\devadmin</my:AccountId><my:AccountType>User</my:AccountType></my:Person>"

Thanks,
David Esteves

Answer 1

Yes, the Microsoft.Office.Workflow.Utility assembly has Contact.ToContacts which will deserialize Person XML into an array of Contact instances.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms553588

-Oisin