Deserialize Xml with empty elements in C#

Question

Trying to deserialize some xml snippits from a vendor into objects. The problem is that I\'m getting an invalid format on every empy element tag. I can deserialize the obj

Answer 1

See this article: Can XmlSerializer deserialize into a Nullable?

In a nutshell your Xml should look like this if you want to use Nullable types:

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The two changes are adding the namespace, and explicitly setting xsi:nil to true on the null element.

If you don't have control over your Xml there is a more advanced technique described here: Using XmlSerializer to deserialize into a Nullable