Parse This XML to object [closed]

Answer 1

If you're using Visual Studio 2012 (or greater) and you're targeting .NET 4.5 (or greater) then Visual Studio can create a class for you that matches the XML:

• Copy the XML to your clipboard
• From within Visual Studio: Edit --> Paste Special --> Paste XML As Classes

Then you'll need to serialize the data from XML to your newly created class to create a new object:

var myObject = LoadFromXmlString<DATA_PROVIDERS>(xmlData);

public static T LoadFromXmlString<T>(string xml)
{
  T retval = default(T);
  try
  {
    XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
    MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(ASCIIEncoding.Default.GetBytes(xml));
    retval = (T)s.Deserialize(ms);
    ms.Close(); 
  }
  catch (Exception ex)
  {
    ex.Data.Add("Xml String", xml);
    throw new Exception("Error loading from XML string.  See data.", ex);
  }
  return retval;

}