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Russ Clark
Russ Clark

Reputation: 13440

How to deserialize into a List<String> using the XmlSerializer

I'm trying to deserialize the XML below into class, with the Components deserialized into a List<string>, but can't figure out how to do so. The deserializer is working fine for all the other properties, but not Components. Anyone know how to do this?

<ArsAction>
  <CustomerName>Joe Smith</CustomerName>
  <LoginID>jdsmith</LoginID>
  <TicketGroup>DMS</TicketGroup>
  <Software>Visio 2007 Pro</Software>
  <Components>
    <Component>Component 1</Component>
    <Component>Component 2</Component>
  </Components>
  <Bldg>887</Bldg>
  <Room>1320p</Room>
</ArsAction>

Upvotes: 23

Views: 22343

Answers (1)

Brian Ensink
Brian Ensink

Reputation: 11218

Add a property like this to hold the list of Components:

[XmlArray()]
public List<Component> Components { get; set; }

Edit: Sorry I misread that. You want to read it into a collection of strings. I just tried this below and it worked on your sample. The key is just to setup the correct xml serialization attributes.

public class ArsAction
{
    [XmlArray]
    [XmlArrayItem(ElementName="Component")]
    public List<string> Components { get; set; }
}

Upvotes: 50

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