XML Serialize and Deserialize Issue for Complicated XML

Question

My XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ServerConfig loggingEnabled="1"> <Servers id="2" host="mytest"> <Server host="test1.example.com" port="9999" > <Name id="newname1"> <FirstName id="myfirstname">hello first name</FirstName> <SecondName id="myfirstname">hello first name</SecondName> </Name> </Server> <Server host="test2.example.com" port="8888" /> </Servers> <Servers id="1"> <Server host="test3.example.com" port="9899" > <Name id="newname2"> <FirstName id="myfirstname">hello first name</FirstName> </Name> </Server> <Server host="test4.example.com" port="8988" /> </Servers> </ServerConfig>

I want to deserialize this xml to my class

Class

public sealed class ServerConfig
{
public sealed class Server
{
    [XmlAttribute("host")]
    public string Host { get; set; } // gives me host name

    [XmlAttribute("port")]
    public int Port { get; set; } // gives my prot number
}

[XmlArray]
public List<Server> Servers { get; set; } // gives me all 4 server lsit

[XmlAttribute("loggingEnabled")]
public int LoggingEnabled { get; set; } // gives me attribute detail

public ServerConfig()
{
    Servers = null;
    LoggingEnabled = 0;
}

}

Problem

My Problem is I don't know how to access the Attributes of the nested Element Name and sub nested element FirstName/SecondName

WIll be really very thankful.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The simplest way is being provided by Microsoft in VS 2012 onwards which is being brilliantly explained in this link.

XML TO C# Class

All you need to do is copy your xml and then paste special to a class as explained in the link.

Happy Coding.

Thanks,