C# - YAXLib: "No elements with this name found:"

Question

I have two classes that are used for de/serializing an XML file.

XmlExampleBasicUnit.cs:

[YAXSerializeAs("Unit")]
public class XmlExampleBasicUnit
{
    [YAXSerializeAs("StringVar")]
    public String StringVar { get; set; }
    [YAXSerializeAs("Int32Var")]
    public Int32 Int32Var { get; set; }
    [YAXSerializeAs("DoubleVar")]
    public Double DoubleVar { get; set; }
    [YAXSerializeAs("DateTimeVar")]
    public String DateTimeVar { get; set; }
    [YAXSerializeAs("CharVar")]
    public String CharVar { get; set; }
}

XmlExampleCollectionOfUnits.cs:

[YAXSerializeAs("CollectionOfUnits")]
public class XmlExampleCollectionOfUnits
{
    [YAXSerializeAs("Units")]
    public List<XmlExampleBasicUnit> Units { get; set; }

    public XmlExampleCollectionOfUnits(List<XmlExampleBasicUnit> units)
    {
        Units = units;
    }

    public XmlExampleCollectionOfUnits()
    {
    }
}

I'm trying to deserialize this file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CollectionOfUnits>
<Units>
    <Unit>
        <StringVar>TohleJeString</StringVar>
        <Int32Var>24</Int32Var>
        <DoubleVar>29.6</DoubleVar>
        <DateTimeVar>17.11.1968</DateTimeVar>
        <CharVar>c</CharVar>
    </Unit>
    <Unit>
        <StringVar>TohleJeTakéString</StringVar>
        <Int32Var>17</Int32Var>
        <DoubleVar>5.9</DoubleVar>
        <DateTimeVar>06.07.1415</DateTimeVar>
        <CharVar>p</CharVar>
    </Unit>
    <Unit>
        <StringVar>NoATohleTaké</StringVar>
        <Int32Var>2</Int32Var>
        <DoubleVar>78.5</DoubleVar>
        <DateTimeVar>06.12.1774</DateTimeVar>
        <CharVar>x</CharVar>
    </Unit>
</Units>

It's all handled by this function:

public T Import<T>(String fileName) where T : class
{
    YAXSerializer serializer = new YAXSerializer(typeof(T));
    return (T)serializer.Deserialize(fileName);
}

When I run the code I get following error: No elements with this name found: './Units'. As you can see there already is an element called Units.

it doesn't give me any error ! how did you call `Import` function? — er-sho, Nov 28 '18 at 10:38
Thank you! I have realized the `Import()` function is reading incorrect values. — Pozzi Userpic, Nov 28 '18 at 10:58
you need to pass xml content to `Import` function rather than passing path of xml file — er-sho, Nov 28 '18 at 11:00
then you have to fetch content of xml in your `Import` function from path. let me add an solution for you — er-sho, Nov 28 '18 at 11:51
how did u received this xml, means => from physical file or from api or any else? — er-sho, Nov 28 '18 at 11:51
could you please add the code that you call `Import` function and xml generation from `XmlTextWriter`? — er-sho, Nov 28 '18 at 12:43
Here it is: https://paste.mod.gg/adanapular.cpp As you can see I would like to implement the `path` variable into a `Import` function. — Pozzi Userpic, Nov 28 '18 at 12:48
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/184404/discussion-between-chyu-and-er-shoaib). — Pozzi Userpic, Nov 28 '18 at 12:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 28 '18 at 13:35

Read all your xml content from your path by using File.ReadAllText(fileName) and pass it to Deserialize method like.

public static T Import<T>(String fileName) where T : class
{
    string xmlData = File.ReadAllText(fileName);              //Read xml content from path
    YAXSerializer serializer = new YAXSerializer(typeof(T));
    return (T)serializer.Deserialize(xmlData);                //Pass xml content to Deserialize.
}

C# - YAXLib: "No elements with this name found:"

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