Deserialize multiple XML elements with the same name through XmlSerializer class in C#

Question

I have an XML in the form

 
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Answer 1

You should just have to do the following for this to work:

[XmlElement]
public int[] ScheduledDay { get; set; }

By adding this attribute, every time the ScheduledDay element is seen by the (de)serializer it will know to add it to this array.

Answer 2

You don't want XmlArrayItem. You want the array of ints to be serialized without a parent element, which means you should decorate the array itself with XmlElement. Because you have a particular order, you will want to use the Order value on the XmlElement attribute. Here's the class, modified accordingly:

public class BackupScheduleSettings
{
    public BackupScheduleSettings()
    {
        ScheduledDay = new int[7];
    }

    [XmlElement(Order=1)]
    public int AggressiveMode;
    [XmlElement(Order=2)]
    public int ScheduleType;
    //[XmlArrayItem("ArrayWrapper")]
    [XmlElement(Order=3)]
    public int[] ScheduledDay { get; set; }
    [XmlElement(Order=4)]
    public int WindowStart;
    [XmlElement(Order=5)]
    public int WindowEnd;
    [XmlElement(Order=6)]
    public int ScheduleInterval;
}

Here's the generated xML:

<BackupScheduleSettings>
  <AggressiveMode>0</AggressiveMode>
  <ScheduleType>0</ScheduleType>
  <ScheduledDay>0</ScheduledDay>
  <ScheduledDay>0</ScheduledDay>
  <ScheduledDay>0</ScheduledDay>
  <ScheduledDay>0</ScheduledDay>
  <ScheduledDay>0</ScheduledDay>
  <ScheduledDay>0</ScheduledDay>
  <ScheduledDay>0</ScheduledDay>
  <WindowStart>0</WindowStart>
  <WindowEnd>0</WindowEnd>
  <ScheduleInterval>0</ScheduleInterval>
</BackupScheduleSettings>

Answer 3

Decorate your property:

[XmlElement("ScheduledDay")]
public int[] ScheduledDay { get; set; }