Convert XML String to Object

I am receiving XML strings over a socket, and would like to convert these to C# objects.

The messages are of the form:

<msg>
<id>1</id>
<action>stop</action>
</msg>

How can this be done?

If you have the xsd of the xml message then you can generate c# classes using the .Net xsd.exe tool.

This .Net classes can then be used to generate the xml.

You can use xsd.exe to create schema bound classes in .Net then XmlSerializer to Deserialize the string : [

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In addition to the other answers here you can naturally use the [XmlDocument][1] class, for XML DOM-like reading, or the [XmlReader][2], fast forward-only reader, to do it "by hand".


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Try this method to Convert Xml to an object. It is made for exactly what you are doing:

protected T FromXml<T>(String xml)
{
T returnedXmlClass = default(T);

try
{
using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(xml))
{
try
{
returnedXmlClass =
(T)new XmlSerializer(typeof(T)).Deserialize(reader);
}
catch (InvalidOperationException)
{
// String passed is not XML, simply return defaultXmlClass
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}

return returnedXmlClass ;
}

Call it using this code:

YourStrongTypedEntity entity = FromXml<YourStrongTypedEntity>(YourMsgString);

Simply Run Your Visual Studio 2013 as Administration ...
Copy the content of your Xml file..
Go to Visual Studio 2013 > Edit > Paste Special > Paste Xml as C# Classes
It will create your c# classes according to your Xml file content.