Xstream: How to deserialize Xml with array

Question

I've an xml with a repeating array element, how do I deserialize it?

<root>
 <values>
   <val1>afa</val1>
   <val2>asgfasg</val2>
 </values>
 <values>
   <val1>hkjvlk</val1>
   <val2>sdsdgsdg</val2>
 </values>
 ...
</root>

 XStream xstream = new XStream(new DomDriver());
 xstream.alias("values", Inventory.class);
 InventoryResult inventory = (InventoryResult) xstream.fromXML(data.toString());

&

public class InventoryResult {
    private Inventory values;
}

I've tried List, Inventory[], but none of them work.

Answer 1

First of all is this only a part of entire xml doc? if yes

<root>
    <values>
      <val1>afa</val1>
    </values>
    <values>
      <val2>hkjvlk</val2>
    </values>
  </root>

This is the serialized form of

values [] root = {new values("afa", null), new values(null, "hkjvlk")}; 

where Class values will look like this

class values{
    String val1;
    String val2;
    public values (String str, String str1){
        val1 = str;
        val2 = str1;                
    }
}