using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

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[XmlRoot("Employee", Namespace = "http://www.testxmlns.com/employee")]

public class EmployeeRoot

{

    [XmlElement("Employee")]

    public Employee[] Employees { get; set; }

}

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public class Employee

{

    public string OtherElement { get; set; }

}

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        const string xml = @"<Employee xmlns=""http://www.testxmlns.com/employee"">

    <Employee>

       <OtherElement>OE</OtherElement>

    </Employee>

    <Employee>

       <OtherElement>OE</OtherElement>

    </Employee>

</Employee>";

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        var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(EmployeeRoot));

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        using (var sr = new StringReader(xml))

        {

            var retObj = (EmployeeRoot) serializer.Deserialize(sr);

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            Console.WriteLine(retObj.Employees[0].OtherElement);

            Console.WriteLine(retObj.Employees[1].OtherElement);

        }

    }

}