C# Deserialize XML to object

Question

Having problems deserializing some xml into an object in C#.

The error that I receive is...

xmlns=\'\'> was not expected.

The XS

Answer 1

Here's what I am using (sorry am kind of late to the party):

  Public Function Serialize(Of YourXMLClass)(ByVal obj As YourXMLClass,
                                                      Optional ByVal omitXMLDeclaration As Boolean = True,
                                                      Optional ByVal omitXMLNamespace As Boolean = True) As String

        Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(obj.GetType)
        Using memStream As New MemoryStream()
            Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings() With {
                    .Encoding = Encoding.UTF8,
                    .Indent = True,
                    .OmitXmlDeclaration = omitXMLDeclaration}

            Using writer As XmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(memStream, settings)
                Dim xns As New XmlSerializerNamespaces
                If (omitXMLNamespace) Then xns.Add("", "")
                serializer.Serialize(writer, obj, xns)
            End Using

            Return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(memStream.ToArray())
        End Using
    End Function

 Public Function Deserialize(Of YourXMLClass)(ByVal obj As YourXMLClass, ByVal xml As String) As YourXMLClass
        Dim result As YourXMLClass
        Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(YourXMLClass))

        Using memStream As New MemoryStream()
            Dim bytes As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml.ToArray)
            memStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Count)
            memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin)

            Using reader As XmlReader = XmlReader.Create(memStream)
                result = DirectCast(serializer.Deserialize(reader), YourXMLClass)
            End Using

        End Using
        Return result
    End Function