using System.IO;

using System.Xml;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

​

public class Module1{

    public Node1 Node { get; set; }

    public class Node1 {

        [XmlAttribute]

        public int SomeAttribute { get; set; }

    }

}

​

public class Module2

{   

    public Node2 Node { get; set; }

    public class Node2 {

        [XmlAttribute]

        public string SomeOtherAttribute { get; set; }

    }

}

​

[XmlRoot("Root")]

public class OrderedItem

{

    [XmlElement("Module1")]

    public Module1 Module1 { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("Module2")]

    public Module2 Module2 { get; set; }

}

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main(string[] args)

    {

        string xml = @"<Root>

                        <Module1>

                             <Node SomeAttribute = ""1232"" /> 

                         </Module1> 

                         <Module2>

                              <Node SomeOtherAttribute = ""Something"" /> 

                          </Module2 >

                      </Root>";

​

        XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(OrderedItem));

        using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(xml))

        {   

            var result = (OrderedItem)serializer.Deserialize(reader);

            System.Console.Out.WriteLine(result.Module1.Node.SomeAttribute);

            System.Console.Out.WriteLine(result.Module2.Node.SomeOtherAttribute);

        }

​

    }

}