Deserialize XML to C# object

In this post we will see the simple approach to deserialize XML to C# object.

Our XML String

string xmlString = "<Students><Student><Id>1</Id><Name>Manish Dubey</Name></Student><Student><Id>2</Id><Name>Pankaj</Name></Student></Students>";

Create our class

public class Student
{
  public int Id { get; set; }
  public string Name { get; set; }
}

Create XML Serializer and StringReader Object

//First argument is type of object and second argument is root attribute of your XML string/source

  XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<student>), new XmlRootAttribute("Students"));
  StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(xmlString);

At last, deserialize XMl to C# object

List<student> studentList = (List<student>)serializer.Deserialize(stringReader);

Output

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