Deserialization of XML to C# object

1. Prepare XML string

string xmlString = "<Products><Product><Id>1</Id><Name>My XML product</Name></Product><Product><Id>2</Id><Name>My second product</Name></Product></Products>";

2. Prepare C# object

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

3. Create XML serializer

First argument is type of object you want to get and in second argument you specify root attribute of your XML source.


XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<Product>), new XmlRootAttribute("Products"));

4. Create StringReader object

StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(xmlString);

5. Finally, deserialize to your C# object

You can use our StringReader as argument or StreamWriter for external xml file too.

List<Product> productList = (List<Product>)serializer.Deserialize(stringReader);