How to deserialize this simple xml configuration using the XmlSerializer class?

Question

I have the following xml that I would 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 convert it to 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 to deserialize it using the following code, a configuration object is created, but the lines are null.

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

I tried to use xsd.exe to create xsd and then create a class based on this, but there is too much clutter generated by this tool. I think I'm near. What am I missing?

Answer 1

You cannot serialize / deserialize internal properties - they must be publicly available.

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Answer 4

You can use XSD.exe to generate a class from XSD (XML Schema Definition). This creates a useful class structure that can serialize and deserialize the corresponding XML.