XmlSerializer. Skip xml unknown node

Question

I have a problem with deserialization of my xml files. Let\'s pretend that we have a xml file and a class that we are using for deserialization to.

For example:

Answer 1

To add to Martijn's answer:

You can also collect unknown items in an array which you can access later.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.xmlanyelementattribute.aspx

Public Class XClass
    ' Apply the XmlAnyElementAttribute to a field returning an array 
    ' of XmlElement objects.
     Public AllElements() As XmlElement
End Class 'XClass