Issue with using XmlSerializer

Question

Here is my C# code:

        public static T Deserialize<T>(string input) where T : class
        {
            System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer ser = 
              new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(T));

            using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(input))
            {
                var test = ser.Deserialize(sr); //*this is the line that breaks*
                return (T)ser.Deserialize(sr);
            }
        }

And here is my XML

<releaseinfo>
<mediapackagedirectory>C:\\Temp\\Test1\\</mediapackagedirectory>
<revision>A</revision>
<files>
    <file>C:\\Temp\\Test1\\test1.zip</file>
    <file>C:\\Temp\\Test1\\test1.zip</file>
</files>
<target>C:\\Temp\\Target\\</target>
</releaseinfo>

And here is the error I get:

Exception: {"There is an error in XML document (1, 2)."}
InnerException: {"<releaseinfo xmlns=''> was not expected."}

The error I am getting seems to have something to do with namespace even though my xml has no namespaces. It is exactly as is shown.

Answer 1

Assuming you've got some class "Releaseinfo", add the following attribute to the top:

[Serializable, XmlRoot("releaseinfo")]
public partial class Releaseinfo
{
...
}

Here are more details:

XmlRootAttribute Class

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