Problem in xml deserialization

Question

I am trying to convert the following xml into object

But it returns the empty categories

Code:

Records records = new Records();
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Records));
records = (Records)serializer.Deserialize(new StringReader(xmlReportCategoria));

Records:

public class Records
{
    public List<Categoria> Categoria { get; set; }
}

Category:

public class Categoria
{
    public int Cat_ID { get; set; }
    public string Cat_Nome { get; set; }
    public List<SubCategoria> SubCategoria { get; set; }
}

Subcategory:

public class SubCategoria
{
    public int CatRaiz_ID { get; set; }
    public int SubCat_ID { get; set; }
    public string SubCat_Nome { get; set; }
    public string SubCat_Keywords { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

You need to specify in your class which element is the root of your list with the XmlRoot. The rest follow the way it is.

Behold:

    public class Records
    {
        [XmlElement("Categoria")]
        public Categoria[] Categorias { get; set; }
    }


    [XmlRoot("Records")]
    public class Categoria
    {

        public int Cat_ID { get; set; }

        public string Cat_Nome { get; set; }

        [XmlElement("SubCategoria")]
        public List<SubCategoria> SubCategorias { get; set; }
    }

    [XmlRoot("Categoria")]
    public class SubCategoria
    {
        public int CatRaiz_ID { get; set; }
        public int SubCat_ID { get; set; }
        public string SubCat_Nome { get; set; }
        public string SubCat_Keywords { get; set; }
    }