Deserialize XML string to Object Error : There is an Error in xml document (1,2)

.net, c#, windows, xml-serialization, xmlserializer

Solution

XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Event),
        "http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event");

StringReader reader = new StringReader(evtXml);
var evt = (Event)serializer.Deserialize(reader);

public class Event
{
    public Data[] EventData;
}

public class Data
{
    [XmlAttribute]
    public string Name;

    [XmlText]
    public string Value;
}

Problem

From windows event viewer I can get the following xml structure: ``` <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="XXXXXXXXXX" Guid="{YYYYYYYY}" /> <EventID>XYZ</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>L</Level> <Task>A</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x000xyzh</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-06-28T15:44:04.997837000Z" /> <EventRecordID>153</EventRecordID> <Correlation ActivityID="{DDDDDDDDD}" /> <Execution ProcessID="199999" ThreadID="90990" /> <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-ABCDEFG/Admin</Channel> <Computer>myPC</Computer> <Security UserID="ABCABC" /> </System> <EventData> <Data Name="name1">data1</Data> <Data Name="name2">data2</Data> <Data Name="name3">data3</Data> </EventData> <RenderingInfo Culture="en-US"> <Message>some message </Message> <Level>Information</Level> <Task>XYZ</Task> <Opcode>Info</Opcode> <Channel /> <Provider /> <Keywords> <Keyword>XYZ</Keyword> </Keywords> </RenderingInfo> </Event> ``` I am only interested in the EventData section of the xml. I have created the following very simple classes: ``` public class Event { public EventData EventData; } public class EventData { public String[] Data; } ``` I then use the following code: ``` XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Event)); StringReader reader = new StringReader(evtXml); evt = (Event)serializer.Deserialize(reader); ``` but on the first line of code, I get the following error: `There is an error in XML document (1, 2).` This error is not informative to me. Is the problem that I don't have all the fields in the classes or do I need some other class (other than XmlSerializer) to get the data from. The way I would like the data under the EventData is by name and data value (e.g name1 with data1) ...etc Important EDIT: the xml I am getting is generated by the ToXML() method of the EventRecord class Thanks

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