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c#xmlserializationdeserialization
user3519261
user3519261

Reputation: 79

deserializing xml to different type

I'm trying to deserialize an XML (it's working so far). The XML reads in everything as strings.

When it goes to populate the property ID, I want to convert it to a GUID from the string. But I can't seem to get this work.

Thanks.

public class Feature
    {
        [XmlAttribute]
        public string ID
        {
        set
            {
                ID = new Guid(ID);
            }
        }

XML:

<Features>
            <Feature ID="8581a8a7-cf16-4770-ac54-260265ddb0b2" FeatureName="SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection features" />
</Features>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 63

Answers (1)

caesay
caesay

Reputation: 17233

Your code doesnt compile, but regardless - why don't you just change the property type from string to Guid? the conversion will happen automatically when you deserialize. Try it:

public class Feature
{
    [XmlAttribute]
    public Guid ID { get; set; }
}

Upvotes: 1

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