How to deserialize an Xml String into an object that has properties with private setters?

Question

I am receiving an Xml String over a network and I want to be able to put the contents of it within an object. When I keep the setters of the class as public, it works totally fine. However, I want to be able to keep them private, in which case I get the following error:

System.InvalidOperationException: 'Cannot deserialize type 'MyApp.Random' because it contains property 'data' which has no public setter.'

I have looked all over the internet and haven't found a solution.

My class is very simple, like this:

public class Random
{
    public string data{ get;  private set; }

    public string abc{ get;  private set; }

    public string defg{ get;  private set; }
}

This is how I'm trying to deserialize it:

var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Random));

result = (Random)serializer.Deserialize(new StringReader(xmlString));

Answer 1

Fixed it. I just used the DataContractSerializer instead of the XmlSerializer and it worked like a charm. Here is the solution:

var ser = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Random));
Random result = (Random)ser.ReadObject(new MemoryStream(xmlString));