Generic deserialization of an xml string

Question

I have a bunch of different DTO classes. They are being serialized into an XML string at one point and shot over to client-side of the web app. Now when the client shoots

Answer 1

How about making a non-generic "front door" function whose purpose is to figure this out? Most XML schemas use the object name, or a reasonable facsimile, as the outermost tag for the object.