Deserialize XML to object doesn't work

Question

I have a XML as below. I want to convert this to c# object . I tried modyfying but could not get it working.

<SLVGeoZone-array>
   <SLVGeoZone>
    <id>19</id>
    <type>geozone</type>
    <name>60_OLC_SC</name>
    <namesPath>GeoZones/60_OLC_SC</namesPath>
    <idsPath>1/19</idsPath>
    <childrenCount>0</childrenCount>
   </SLVGeoZone>
  </SLVGeoZone-array>

I have a written a sample c# code and it doesn't work:

[Serializable]
public class SLVGeoZone
{
    [XmlElement("id")]
    public string id { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("type")]
    public string type { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("name")]
    public string name { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("namespath")]
    public string namespath { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("idspath")]
    public string idspath { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("childrencount")]
    public string childrencount { get; set; }
}

[Serializable]
[XmlRoot("SLVGeoZone-array")]
public class SLVGeoZone-array
{
    [XmlArray("SLVGeoZone-array")]
    [XmlArrayItem("SLVGeoZone", typeof(SLVGeoZone))]
    public SLVGeoZone[] Car { get; set; }
}

And in the form:

XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(CarCollection));
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(path);
cars = (CarCollection)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
reader.Close();

Can someone suggest what am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

1. SLVGeoZone-array is not a valid class name in C#

   [Serializable()]
   [XmlRoot("SLVGeoZone-array")]
   public class SLVGeoZones
   {
       [XmlElement("SLVGeoZone")]
       public SLVGeoZone[] Cars { get; set; }
   }
   

2. XmlElement attribute values have to be exactly the same as element names in XML file. Yours are not.

   [Serializable()]
   public class SLVGeoZone
   {
       [XmlElement("id")]
       public string id { get; set; }
   
       [XmlElement("type")]
       public string type { get; set; }
   
       [XmlElement("name")]
       public string name { get; set; }
   
       [XmlElement("namesPath")]
       public string namespath { get; set; }
   
       [XmlElement("idsPath")]
       public string idspath { get; set; }
   
       [XmlElement("childrenCount")]
       public string childrencount { get; set; }
   }
   

3. What is CarCollection and why are you trying to deserialize your XML as CarCollection instead of classes you've shown here?

   XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(SLVGeoZones));
   StreamReader reader = new StreamReader("Input.txt");
   var items = (SLVGeoZones)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
   reader.Close();