using System;

using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

using System.IO;

using System.Xml;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var result = Serializer.Deserialize();

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        Console.WriteLine("text: {0}", result.StringProperty);

        Console.WriteLine("number: {0}", result.IntegerProperty);

        Console.WriteLine("enum: {0}", result.EnumProperty);

        Console.WriteLine("child[0].Value: {0}", result.CollectionProperty[0].Value);

        Console.WriteLine("other@[0]: {0}", result.OtherAttributes[0].InnerText);

        Console.WriteLine("other*[0]: {0}", result.OtherElements[0].InnerText);

    }

}

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public static class Serializer

{

    public static RootClass Deserialize()

    {

        var type = typeof (RootClass);

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        var serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);

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        var xmlString = @"

                <root textAttribute='tex1t' numberAttribute='1' enumAttribute='item1' attributeToIgnore1='ignored1' attributeToIgnore2='ignored2'>

                    <children>

                        <child>text2</child>

                        <child>text3</child>

                    </children>

                    <childToIgnore>ignored3</childToIgnore>

                </root>";

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        using (var stringReader = new StringReader(xmlString))

        {

            return serializer.Deserialize(stringReader) as RootClass;

        }

    }

}

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[XmlRoot("root")]

public class RootClass

{

    [XmlAttribute("textAttribute")]

    public string StringProperty;

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    [XmlAttribute("numberAttribute")]

    public int IntegerProperty;

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    [XmlAttribute("enumAttribute")]

    public Enumeration EnumProperty;

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    [XmlAnyAttribute]

    public XmlAttribute[] OtherAttributes;

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    [XmlArray("children")]

    [XmlArrayItem("child")]

    public Collection<ChildClass> CollectionProperty;

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    [XmlAnyElement]

    public XmlElement[] OtherElements;

}

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public enum Enumeration

{

    [XmlEnum("item1")]

    Item1,

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    [XmlEnum("item2")]

    Item2

}

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public class ChildClass

{

    [XmlText]

    public string Value;

}