using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Xml;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

using System.Xml.Linq;

using System.IO;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

[Serializable]

public class Item

{

    [XmlAttribute]

    public string Name{get;set;}

}

​

[Serializable]

public class Item2 : Item

{

    [XmlAttribute]

    public string Value {get;set;}

}

​

[Serializable]

public class Item3 : Item

{

    [XmlAttribute]

    public string Desc {get;set;}

}

​

[XmlRoot("Root")]

public class TestClass

{

    [XmlElement("Item2", typeof(Item2))]

    [XmlElement("Item3", typeof(Item3))]

    public List<Item> Items {get;set;}

    [XmlAnyElement]

    public XmlElement[] Any{get;set;}

}

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string xml = "<Root><Item2 Name=\"Owner\" Value=\"55\"></Item2><Item3 Name=\"Two\" Desc=\"DESCRIPTION\"></Item3><t1></t1><t2></t2></Root>";

        using (var memStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml)))

        using (var reader = new XmlTextReader(memStream))

        {

            var serializator = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TestClass));

            var deserializedEntity = (TestClass)serializator.Deserialize(reader);

            Console.WriteLine("Result is null: {0}", deserializedEntity == null);

            Console.WriteLine(deserializedEntity.Items.Count);

            deserializedEntity.Items.ToList().ForEach(item => Console.WriteLine(item.GetType()));

            deserializedEntity.Items.ToList().ForEach(item => Console.WriteLine(item.Name));

            deserializedEntity.Any.ToList().ForEach(item => Console.WriteLine(item.LocalName));

        }

    }

}