using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Xml;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

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public class MyObject: IXmlSerializable 

{

    public string Test { get; set; }

    public string Something { get; set; }

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    public System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchema GetSchema() { return null; }

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    public void ReadXml(System.Xml.XmlReader reader)

    {       

        if (reader.MoveToContent() == XmlNodeType.Element && reader.LocalName == "MyObject")

        {           

            Test = reader["Test"];

            if (reader.ReadToDescendant("Something"))

            {

                Something = reader.ReadInnerXml();

            }

        }                   

    }

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    public void WriteXml(System.Xml.XmlWriter writer)

    {

        throw new NotImplementedException();

    }   

}

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public class MyOtherObject 

{

    public string Test { get; set; }    

    public XmlElement Something { get; set; }

    public string SomethingString

    {

        get { return Something.OuterXml; }

    }

}

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public static class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {   

        var myObjectXmlString = "<MyObject><Test>Hi hello</Test><Something><Else><With><SubItems count='5'>hello world</SubItems></With></Else></Something></MyObject>";    

        var myObject =(MyObject) new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyObject)).Deserialize(new StringReader(myObjectXmlString));

        Console.WriteLine(myObject.Something);

        var otherObjectXmlString = "<MyOtherObject><Test>Hi hello</Test><Something><Else><With><SubItems count='5'>hello world</SubItems></With></Else></Something></MyOtherObject>";   

        var otherObject =(MyOtherObject) new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyOtherObject)).Deserialize(new StringReader(otherObjectXmlString));

        Console.WriteLine(otherObject.SomethingString);

    }

}