Can XmlSerializer.Deserialize return null?

Question

I tried in several ways to get XmlSerializer.Deserialize to return null however this doesn't seem possible

I tried with a class that was null, malformated xml, well formatted xml.

I may not be something obvious here, but is it possible?

Just to clarify, give the MyClass class, which is serializable, I want a similar test to be as follows:

[Fact] //this is a the test attribute when using xUnit
public void When_xml_Something_Then_serialize_returns_null()
{
    string serializedObject = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><MyClass xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3asdsadasdasd.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\"></MyClass>";
    using (var stringReader = new StringReader(serializedObject))
    {
        Assert.Null(new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyClass)).Deserialize(stringReader));
    }
}

I tried different things in a serialized string, and I either get an exception or an empty instance of MyClass :( thanks to NOTE. There was a typo in this question, now it is fixed.

NOTE 2: see comments for a more detailed answer.

Answer 1

, Deserialize null, XML. XML. , , null.

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Answer 2

, System.Xml .NET. , , null.