using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

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[XmlType("Employee")]

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

public class Employee

{

    [XmlElement("Employee")]

    public Employee[] InnerEmployee;

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    [XmlElement("OtherElement")]

    public String OtherElement;    

}

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

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

    <Employee>

        <Employee>

            <Employee>

                <OtherElement>OE1</OtherElement>

            </Employee>

            <OtherElement>OE2</OtherElement>

        </Employee>

        <OtherElement>OE3</OtherElement>

    </Employee>

    <Employee>

       <OtherElement>OE4</OtherElement>

    </Employee>

</Employee>";

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

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        using (var sr = new StringReader(xml))

        {

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

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

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

        }

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    }

}