XML Serialize instead of JSON in .NET

Question

Is there a way to fill out a class using XML data instead of JSON? Example in marc's excellent answer.

I would like everything to be as close to that code except the input is an xml file instead of json.

Answer 1

You could use XmlSerializer:

public class Foo
{
    public string Bar { get; set; }
}

class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Foo));
        var xml = "<Foo><Bar>beer</Bar></Foo>";
        using (var reader = new StringReader(xml))
        {
            var foo = (Foo)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
            Console.WriteLine(foo.Bar);
        }
    }
}