How to deserialize element with list of attributes in C#

Question

Hi I have the following Xml to deserialize:

Answer 1

Using XmlDocument class you can just select the "Item" nodes and iterate through the attributes:

string myXml = ""
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(myXml);
XmlNodeList itemNodes = doc.SelectNodes("RootNode/Item");
foreach(XmlNode node in itemNodes)
{
    XmlAttributeCollection attributes = node.Attributes;
    foreach(XmlAttribute attr in attributes)
    {
         // Do something...
    }
}

Or, if you want an object containing only the Attributes as List of KeyValuePairs, you could use something like:

var items = from XmlNode node in itemNodes
            select new 
            {
                Attributes = (from XmlAttribute attr in node.Attributes
                              select new KeyValuePair(attr.Name, attr.Value)).ToList()
            };