How to deserialize XML with repeating tag name with unique identifier as attribute?

Question

I am trying to deserialize this xml where all the node has the same name with a unique identifier as an attribute.

<configuration>
    <setting name="host">
        <value>127.0.0.1</value>
    </setting>
    <setting name="port">
        <value>80</value>
    </setting>
</configuration>

The result I am trying to achieve is:

public class Configuration
{
    string host { get; set; }
    int port { get; set; }
}

I read the previous question and I am still stumbling with the fact they have the same tag name.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Try this:

        XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
        doc.LoadXml("yourxmlhere");

        Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
        XmlNode root = doc.FirstChild;
        if (root.HasChildNodes)
        {
            foreach (XmlNode item in root.ChildNodes)
            {
                configuration = SetValueByPropertyName(configuration, item.Attributes["name"].Value, item.FirstChild.InnerText);
            }
        }

The helper method to set values:

public static TInput SetValueByPropertyName<TInput>(TInput obj, string name, string value)
        {
            PropertyInfo prop = obj.GetType().GetProperty(name);
            if (null != prop && prop.CanWrite)
            {
                if (prop.PropertyType != typeof(String))
                {
                    prop.SetValue(obj, Convert.ChangeType(value, prop.PropertyType), null);
                }
                else
                {
                    prop.SetValue(obj, value, null);
                }
            }
            return obj;
        }