How do you deserialize XML with dynamic element names?

Question

My XML looks like follows:

    1250.00
    1900.00

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Answer 1

Dynamic element names can be simple to process using the XmlSerializer.UnknownElement event handler.

For example, we have following xml:

  
    1250.00
    1900.00
  

and classes:

[XmlRoot("main")]
public class Main
{
    public List Rates { get; set; }
}

public class Rate
{
    public string Value { get; set; }
}

Do deserialize:

var xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Main));
// add event handler
xs.UnknownElement += Xs_UnknownElement;

Main main;
using (var fs = new FileStream("test.xml", FileMode.Open))
    main = (Main)xs.Deserialize(fs);

The event handler code:

private void Xs_UnknownElement(object sender, XmlElementEventArgs e)
{
    Main main = (Main)e.ObjectBeingDeserialized;

    foreach (XmlNode node in e.Element.ChildNodes)
        main.Rates.Add(new Rate { Value = node.InnerText });
}