C# serializer/deserializer with same functionality as XStream in java -

i need accomplish simple task: serialize , deserialize object hierarchy.

i've tried xmlserializer, datacontractserializer, netdatacontractserializer nothing seems work, there problem.

xmlserializer bad because requires properties public. (net)datacontractserializer(s) bad because it's missing metadata - there no metadata when user creates xml.

so how solve task? consider classes:

class {     private b instanceb;     private int integervalue;      ... getters/setters }  class b {     private list<c> cinstancelist;     private string stringvalue;      ... getters/setters }  class c {     ... other properties     ... getters/setters } 

and user input:

<a>   <b>     <cinstancelist>       <c>         <someproperties>val</someproperties>       </c>       <c>         <someproperties>differentval</someproperties>       </c>     </cinstancelist>     <strigvalue>lalala<stirngvalue>   </b>   <integervalue>42</integervalue> </a> 

what datacontractors missing metadata "type" or "namespace" etc. xstream doesn't need that. know type of deserializing object, need write function:

public t deserialize<t>(string xml); 

my wanted use case:

var mydeserializedobject = deserialize<a>(inputstring); 

what doing wrong? solve differently?

no serializer fix typing mistakes ;). worked me using datacontractserializer xml (text.xml)

<a>   <b>     <cinstancelist>       <c>        </c>       <c>       </c>     </cinstancelist>     <stringvalue>lalala</stringvalue>   </b>   <integervalue>42</integervalue> </a> 

classes

[datacontract(namespace="")]     class     {         [datamember(name = "b")]         private b instanceb;         [datamember(name = "integervalue")]         private int integervalue;          public a(b instanceb, int integervalue)         {             this.instanceb = instanceb;             this.integervalue = integervalue;         }     }      [datacontract(namespace = "")]     class b     {         [datamember(name = "cinstancelist")]         private list<c> cinstancelist;          [datamember(name = "stringvalue")]         private string stringvalue;          public b(list<c> cinstancelist, string stringvalue)         {             this.cinstancelist = cinstancelist;             this.stringvalue = stringvalue;         }     }      [datacontract(namespace = "")]     class c     {     } 

read

var dcs = new datacontractserializer(typeof(a)); using (stream reader = file.openread("text.xml")) {     var result = (a)dcs.readobject(reader); } 

if write add xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema-instance" won't make difference remove if need to.