How to deserialize into a List using the XmlSerializer

Question

I\'m trying to deserialize the XML below into class, with the Components deserialized into a List, but can\'t figure out how to do so

Answer 1

Add a property like this to hold the list of Components:

[XmlArray()]
public List<Component> Components { get; set; }

Edit: Sorry I misread that. You want to read it into a collection of strings. I just tried this below and it worked on your sample. The key is just to setup the correct xml serialization attributes.

public class ArsAction
{
    [XmlArray]
    [XmlArrayItem(ElementName="Component")]
    public List<string> Components { get; set; }
}