using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

using System.Xml;

using System.IO;

using System.Diagnostics;

using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

using System.Threading;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Xml.Linq;

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    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47993392/alternative-for-deserializing-xml-with-xmlserializer

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    public class Element

    {

        [XmlAttribute]

        public string Name { get; set; }

    }

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    class TestClass

    {

        public static void Test()

        {

            var doc = XDocument.Parse(GetXml());

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            var list = doc

                // Get the first elements named List

                .Descendants("List").Take(1)

                // Get all children of List named Element

                .SelectMany(l => l.Elements("Element"))

                // Get the attribute of Element named Name, cast its value to a string, 

                // and create a c# Element from it using the specified name.

                .Select(e => new Element { Name = (string)e.Attribute("Name") } )

                // Materialize as a List<Element>

                .ToList();

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            list.Dump();

            Assert.IsTrue(list.Select(e => e.Name).SequenceEqual(new [] { "A", "B", "C" }));

        }

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        static string GetXml()

        {

            var xml = @"<List>

    <Element Name=""A""/>

    <Element Name=""B""/>

    <Element Name=""C""/>

</List> ";

            return xml;

        }

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    }

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    public class AssertionFailedException : System.Exception

    {

        public AssertionFailedException() : base() { }

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        public AssertionFailedException(string s) : base(s) { }

    }

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    public static class Assert

    {

        public static void IsTrue(bool value)

        {

            IsTrue(value, "failed");

        }

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        public static void IsTrue(bool value, string message)

        {

            if (value == false)

                throw new AssertionFailedException(message ?? "failed");

        }

    }

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    public static class XmlSerializationHelper

    {

        public static T LoadFromXml<T>(this string xmlString, XmlSerializer serial = null)

        {

            serial = serial ?? new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));

            using (var reader = new StringReader(xmlString))

            {

                return (T)serial.Deserialize(reader);

            }

        }

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        public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, bool omitStandardNamespaces)

        {

            return obj.GetXml(null, omitStandardNamespaces);

        }

        public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, XmlSerializer serializer = null, bool omitStandardNamespaces = false)

        {

            XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = null;

            if (omitStandardNamespaces)

            {

                ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();

                ns.Add("", ""); // Disable the xmlns:xsi and xmlns:xsd lines.

            }           

            using (var textWriter = new StringWriter())

            {

                var settings = new XmlWriterSettings() { Indent = true }; // For cosmetic purposes.

                using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(textWriter, settings))

                    (serializer ?? new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType())).Serialize(xmlWriter, obj, ns);

                return textWriter.ToString();

            }

        }

        public static string GetOuterXml(this XmlNode node, bool indent = true)

        {

            if (node == null)

                return null;

            using (var textWriter = new StringWriter())

            {

                var settings = new XmlWriterSettings

                {

                    Indent = indent,

                    OmitXmlDeclaration = true,

                };

                using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(textWriter, settings))

                {

                    node.WriteTo(xmlWriter);

                }

                return textWriter.ToString();

            }

        }

    }

    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main()

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Roslyn 2.0 Compiler; Environment version: " + Environment.Version);

            Console.WriteLine();

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            try

            {

                TestClass.Test();

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Uncaught exception: ");

                Console.WriteLine(ex);

                throw;

            }

        }

    }

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