Linq to XML with nested Dictionary and Array

Question

I am Working on Windows Phone 8 application:

I have a document like this :

    
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Answer 1

Ok, here is a little class that can parse your xml:

public class Parser
{
    public List> Parse(XElement root)
    {
        var result = new List>();

        foreach (var e in root.Elements())
        {
            if (e.Name == "dict")
            {
                result.Add(ParseDict(e));
            }
        }

        return result;
    }

    private Dictionary ParseDict(XElement element)
    {
        var dict = new Dictionary();

        foreach (var subelement in element.Elements())
        {
            if (subelement.Name == "key")
            {
                dict.Add(subelement.Value, ParseValue(subelement.ElementsAfterSelf().First()));        
            }
        }

        return dict;
    }

    private object ParseValue(XElement valueElement)
    {
        if (valueElement.Name == "string")
        {
            return valueElement.Value;
        }

        if (valueElement.Name == "array")
        {
            return new List