RestSharp - WP7 - Cannot deserialize XML to a list

c#-4.0, deserialization, restsharp, windows-phone-7

Solution

You'll have to change the default XML deserializer to the `DotNetXmlDeserializer`, like this:

RestClient client;

client.AddHandler("application/xml", new DotNetXmlDeserializer());

Then, add the `XmlElement` attribute to the `List<timhotPhotos> timhotPhotos` property like this:

public class fullWall
{
    public _user user { get; set; }
    public int numberOfFriend { get; set; }
    public int numberOfPhoto { get; set; }
    [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement()]
    public List<timhotPhotos> timhotPhotos { get; set; }
    public fullWall()
    {
        timhotPhotos = new List<timhotPhotos>();
    }
}

Now it should work fine!

Problem

I use RestSharp in my Windows Phone 7.1 project. I have a response in XML format here: https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=0b39f4fbbb0489dd&resid=B39F4FBBB0489DD!139&parid=B39F4FBBB0489DD!103&authkey=!AOdT-FiS6Mw8v5Y I tried to deserialize that response to a class: ``` public class fullWall { public _user user { get; set; } public int numberOfFriend { get; set; } public int numberOfPhoto { get; set; } public List<timhotPhotos> timhotPhotos { get; set; } public fullWall() { timhotPhotos = new List<timhotPhotos>(); } } ``` All properties are ok except the `timhotPhotos` list, as you can see here: timhotPhotos class: ``` public class timhotPhotos { public string id { get; set; } public string title { get; set; } public string description { get; set; } public string url { get; set; } public double width { get; set; } public double height { get; set; } public DateTime createdDate { get; set; } public _user user { get; set; } public int numOfComment { get; set; } public int numOfRate { get; set; } public int numOfView { get; set; } public bool rated { get; set; } } ``` Where am I wrong?

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