XmlSerializer issue

[senglory]

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<TTTTModel>

<TTTTClass>

<TTTTType>Deployment</TTTTType>

<TTTTDate>2009-09-30T00:00:00-07:00</TTTTDate>

</TTTTClass>

<TTTTClass>

<TTTTType>Deployment</TTTTType>

<TTTTDate>2009-09-20T00:00:00-07:00</TTTTDate>

</TTTTClass>

<TTTTClass>

<TTTTType>Copy</TTTTType>

<TTTTDate>2009-02-23T00:00:00-07:00</TTTTDate>

</TTTTClass>

</TTTTModel>

 

 

Code:

 

[serializable]
   public class ActionClass
   {
       [XmlElement(Form=XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
       public string ActionType { get; set; }
       [XmlElement(Form = XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
       public DateTime ActionDate { get; set; }
   }




   public class ActionModel : List<ActionClass>
   {
       public ActionModel()
       {
           XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ActionModel), "");

           using (Stream ms = new FileStream("Demo.xml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
           {
               object inp = xs.Deserialize(ms);
               this.AddRange((ActionModel)inp);
           }
       }
   }

 

Why I get exception on object inp = xs.Deserialize(ms)?

 

<ActionModel xmlns=''> was not expected.

[PlausiblyDamp]

The element names in the actual XML file are not what the serializer is expecting, by default it assumes the element names are the same as the property names.

 

Try adding the relevant attributes to the class i.e.

[XmlRoot(ElementName = "TTTTClass")]
   public class ActionClass
   {
       [XmlElement(Form = XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified, ElementName = "TTTTType")]
       public string ActionType { get; set; }
       [XmlElement(Form = XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified, ElementName = "TTTTDate")]
       public DateTime ActionDate { get; set; }
   }



   [XmlRoot(ElementName = "TTTTModel")]
   public class ActionModel : List
   {
       public ActionModel()
       {
           XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ActionModel), "");

           using (Stream ms = new FileStream("Demo.xml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
           {
               object inp = xs.Deserialize(ms);
               this.AddRange((ActionModel)inp);
           }
       }
   }