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Zholen
Zholen

Reputation: 1790

How to make this class deserializable

I have some xml that i get from a service that looks like this

<Pools>
    <Pool Code="WN" Name="Win" /> 
    <Pool Code="PL" Name="Place" /> 
    <Pool Code="SH" Name="Show" /> 
    <Pool Code="EX" Name="Exacta" /> 
    <Pool Code="PE" Name="Perfecta (Exacta)" /> 
</Pools>

I want to deserialize that into the following classes

public class Pools : List<Pool>
{
    public Pools() { }
public Pools(int capacity) : base(capacity){ }
}

public class Pool
{
    [XmlAttribute("Code")]
    public string Code { get; set; }
    [XmlAttribute("Name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public Pool() {}

    public Pool(string code, string name)
    {
        Code = code;
        Name = name;
    }
}

But it keeps failing and im not sure what im doing wrong... I have a feeling its an issue with the Pools class but im not sure what to apply to make it work

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 283

Answers (1)

Hans Passant
Hans Passant

Reputation: 941218

Do this the other way around and you'll quickly find the problem. Your Pools class requires the [XmlRoot] attribute to ensure the element name isn't "ArrayOfPools".

[XmlRoot("Pools")]
public class Pools : List<Pool> {
   // etc...
}

Upvotes: 2

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