Deserializ XML string into c# object for my Class type EmailAccount

Question

My XML string for deserializ

> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <ReceiveAccountSetting
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">   <POP3>POP3</POP3>  
> <Server>webmail.in</Server>  
> <AccountId>vivek.s@gmail.com</AccountId>   <Password>123</Password>  
> <EnableSSL>true</EnableSSL>   <DefaultPort>25</DefaultPort>
> </ReceiveAccountSetting>

when try to deserilize it gives ERROR "There is an error in XML document (0, 0)"

My Class

public class ReceiveAccountSetting
   {
       /// <summary>
       ///  Receiving Email
       /// </summary>
       //public int AccountType { get; set; }
       public string POP3 { get; set; }
       public string IMAP { get; set; }
       public string Server { get; set; }
       public string AccountId { get; set; }
       public string Password { get; set; }
       public bool EnableSSL { get; set; }
       public int DefaultPort { get; set; }
   }

Method for deserilization

public EmailAccount Deserialize(string xmlstring)
       {
           EmailAccount objEmail = new EmailAccount();
           XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(EmailAccount));
           StringReader reader = new StringReader(xmlstring);
           using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlstring)))
           {

               objEmail = (EmailAccount)serializer.Deserialize(stream);
           }
           objEmail = (EmailAccount)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
           return objEmail;

       }

Does the XML string have the `>` preceding each line? Because if you are trying to deserialize it with those you are going to have issues. — BlargleMonster, Jun 25 '13 at 13:10
The `InnerException` property of the exception you are getting should contain a more detailed error message. — MiMo, Jun 25 '13 at 13:11
Check if your XML has a byte-order-mark at the top of the file/text, and if it does try [removing it](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/295472/how-do-i-remove-the-bom-character-from-my-xml-file) — Chris Sinclair, Jun 25 '13 at 13:11
You don't include the serializing part, but my guess would be that you are de-serializing with a UTF8 encoding but the XML shows the encoding as UTF-16. Thus the first line, i.e. line 0, position 0, is invalid. — , Jun 25 '13 at 13:12
Check this line: `xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">" POP3` It looks like there's an errant quotation mark there before the `` tag. — Chris Sinclair, Jun 25 '13 at 13:13
Also, you are deseralizing into an EmailAccount instance, but the XML is a ReceiveAccountSetting instance. Are the two classes related? — , Jun 25 '13 at 13:19
Yes there two related class EmailAccouts and ReceiveaccountSetting [Serializable] public class ReceiveAccountSetting { ///
/// Receiving Email ///
//public int AccountType { get; set; } public string POP3 { get; set; } public string IMAP { get; set; } public string Server { get; set; } public string AccountId { get; set; } public string Password { get; set; } public bool EnableSSL { get; set; } public int DefaultPort { get; set; } } — vivek bajpai, Jun 26 '13 at 05:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 13:17

It might be easier to load your XML file into a XMLDocument in C# and then convert it into a list of XML nodes by using SelectNodes method. That way you can access every node individually and take the data you need. You can load your file with this code:

 Document = new XmlDocument();

        try
        {
            openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
            Document.Load(openFileDialog1.FileName);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
        }
        ListOfNodes = Document.SelectNodes("ReceiveAccountSettings");

Where ListOfNodes is XmlNodeList type variable

After you load your document, you can access any node like any other member of list, and access it's attributes, child nodes etc.

Deserializ XML string into c# object for my Class type EmailAccount

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