Deserialize XML to object in C# XmlRoot is not working

asp.net, asp.net-mvc, c#, xml, xml-deserialization

Solution

The way your XML is defined, you would need to have two objects defined: - one for the `MedicalClearanceFormRoot` xml node - one for the `MedicalClearanceForm` xml node

So, you have two routes you could take: add the wrapper class or change your xml.

To add a wrapper class, you would need to have a class to represent `MedicalClearanceFormRoot` which has a property for the `MedicalClearanceForm` object. Then change your serializer class to be for the wrapper class. Here's an example:

[XmlRoot("MedicalClearanceFormRoot")]
public class Wrapper
{
    public MedicalClearanceViewModel MedicalClearanceForm { get; set;}
}

public class MedicalClearanceViewModel
{

    [XmlAttribute("PassengerName")]
    public string PassengerName { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute("Gender")]
    public string Gender { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute("Age")]
    public string Age { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute("PhoneNo")]
    public string PhoneNo { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute("Email")]
    public string Email { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute("BookingRefNo")]
    public string BookingRefNo { get; set; }
}


        XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Wrapper));
        using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(myXMLStringFromDB))
        {
            Wrapper objModel = (Wrapper)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
        }

Option 2: Change your XML to look like this:

<MedicalClearanceFormRoot PassengerName="AAAAAAAAAAAAA" Age="11" PhoneNo="TTTTTTTTTTT" Email="ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" BookingRefNo="11111111111111111111" >  
</MedicalClearanceFormRoot>

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