contimdaikho321
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I'm trying to deserialize xml coming from an api.I've converted the xsd's in to c# clases using xsd.exe.The classes I'm using are below:\[code\]/// <remarks/>[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "2.0.50727.3038")][System.SerializableAttribute()][System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()][System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")][System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType=true)][System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("OfficerSearch", Namespace="http://xmlgw.companieshouse.gov.uk/v1-0/schema", IsNullable=false)]public partial class OfficerSearch { private string continuationKeyField; private string searchRowsField; private OfficerSearchItem[] officerSearchItemField; /// <remarks/> public string ContinuationKey { get { return this.continuationKeyField; } set { this.continuationKeyField = value; } } /// <remarks/> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(DataType="integer")] public string SearchRows { get { return this.searchRowsField; } set { this.searchRowsField = value; } } /// <remarks/> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("OfficerSearchItem")] public OfficerSearchItem[] OfficerSearchItem { get { return this.officerSearchItemField; } set { this.officerSearchItemField = value; } }}/// <remarks/>[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "2.0.50727.3038")][System.SerializableAttribute()][System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()][System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")][System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType=true)][System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("OfficerSearchItem", Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]public partial class OfficerSearchItem : OfficerSearchItemBase { private string personIDField; private SearchMatch searchMatchField; private bool searchMatchFieldSpecified; private OfficerSearchItemBase[] duplicateOfficersField; /// <remarks/> public string PersonID { get { return this.personIDField; } set { this.personIDField = value; } } /// <remarks/> public SearchMatch SearchMatch { get { return this.searchMatchField; } set { this.searchMatchField = value; } } /// <remarks/> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()] public bool SearchMatchSpecified { get { return this.searchMatchFieldSpecified; } set { this.searchMatchFieldSpecified = value; } } /// <remarks/> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlArrayItemAttribute("DuplicateOfficerSearchItem", IsNullable=false)] public OfficerSearchItemBase[] DuplicateOfficers { get { return this.duplicateOfficersField; } set { this.duplicateOfficersField = value; } }}/// <remarks/>[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "2.0.50727.3038")][System.SerializableAttribute()][System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()][System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")][System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("DuplicateOfficerSearchItem", Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]public partial class OfficerSearchItemBase { private string titleField; private string surnameField; private string forenameField; private System.DateTime dOBField; private string postTownField; private string postcodeField; private string countryOfResidenceField; /// <remarks/> public string Title { get { return this.titleField; } set { this.titleField = value; } } /// <remarks/> public string Surname { get { return this.surnameField; } set { this.surnameField = value; } } /// <remarks/> public string Forename { get { return this.forenameField; } set { this.forenameField = value; } } /// <remarks/> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(DataType="date")] public System.DateTime DOB { get { return this.dOBField; } set { this.dOBField = value; } } /// <remarks/> public string PostTown { get { return this.postTownField; } set { this.postTownField = value; } } /// <remarks/> public string Postcode { get { return this.postcodeField; } set { this.postcodeField = value; } } /// <remarks/> public string CountryOfResidence { get { return this.countryOfResidenceField; } set { this.countryOfResidenceField = value; } }}\[/code\]Everything deserializes except the array of OfficerSearchItems.The corresponding xml schema for these classes is:\[code\]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- Companies House XML Gateway Schema --><xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified"> <xs:include schemaLocation="chbase-v2-3.xsd"/> <xs:element name="OfficerSearchRequest"> <xs:annotation> <xs:documentation>Officer Search Request</xs:documentation> </xs:annotation> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="Surname"/> <xs:element ref="Forename" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="2"/> <xs:element ref="PostTown" minOccurs="0"/> <xs:element ref="OfficerType"/> <xs:element name="CountryOfResidence" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"> <xs:annotation> <xs:documentation>Normal country of residence for the officer</xs:documentation> </xs:annotation> </xs:element> <xs:element ref="IncludeResignedInd" minOccurs="0"/> <xs:element ref="ContinuationKey" minOccurs="0"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> <xs:element name="OfficerSearch"> <xs:annotation> <xs:documentation>Officer Search Result</xs:documentation> </xs:annotation> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="ContinuationKey" minOccurs="0"/> <xs:element ref="SearchRows"/> <xs:element ref="OfficerSearchItem" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element></xs:schema>\[/code\]Some sample output is:\[code\] <OfficerSearch xmlns="http://xmlgw.companieshouse.gov.uk/v1-0/schema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlgw.companieshouse.gov.uk/v1-0/schema http://xmlgw.companieshouse.gov.uk/v1-0/schema/OfficerSearch-v2-3.xsd"> <ContinuationKey>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</ContinuationKey> <SearchRows>35</SearchRows> <OfficerSearchItem> <Title></Title> <Surname>SLATER</Surname> <Forename>DAVID STUART</Forename> <DOB>1966-09-15</DOB> <PostTown>MUCH WENLOCK</PostTown> <Postcode>TF13 </Postcode> <PersonID>CSeJxNkNFqgzAUhu/3FOK91aTVbZCmCG7gGAxa21uJ5lhDa3RJHPPt1+isvQn/+b6fcBKy+22uzg8oLVq5ddEqcB2QZcuFPG/dY/buvbjOjj6RCwy3k3WdNsz0miLiL4PlZuiAjnBKXKhKsgYQjaWpWzkQf0F3i+lHW8tF4Um1CuxEk/iUJs4hO8b7bCrNxtZ0r8Z8+Iyzt/3oZ2S1EeZqV1oiF/o7ldwuP0dyySEfcpFz+lVVogSVJsRfIOnYGezjw7IIqjUgDyNeehABeFFRMY/j54ihEPArXxN/bpMOlOybguIgCDYojBC+yX9GNDBV1tn0Y4+Dvlf8h2gv/AOdGJNe</PersonID> </OfficerSearchItem> <OfficerSearchItem> <Title></Title> <Surname>SLATER</Surname> <Forename>PETER THOMAS ANTHONY</Forename> <DOB>1960-01-29</DOB> <PostTown>PRESTON</PostTown> <Postcode>PR2 </Postcode> <PersonID>CSeJxNkF1PgzAUhu/9FYR7hMKGLum6kDjjjG7G4YVXpNDT0WwUbIuRfy+FMHbTPO9HetqDN3/VxfkFpUUt1y66D1wHZFEzIU9r9yt99h5dZ0Pu8Bm6/qRNow01rSYI+7OwvukaIIM5EhOKS1oBIok0ZS077M/WNQ3Ja13KOQrHqFZgFfnYpttPJ305vCdHJ9n3sP8ey1PD1nWrBj6+JX19yCfLxkaYi33ajEzon51k9hMT4nMGWZeJjJED56IAtXvC/mzihp7ALmFZ5AGPAHkhYoUHMYAX55x6LHyIKVpCuGIR9qc2bkDJtspJEKAVCqLFop85eVgDVUWZjpu7Ffpa8W/QXvgPvUeVog==</PersonID> </OfficerSearchItem></OfficerSearch>\[/code\]Can anybody shed some light on what's going on, and give me some pointers/a resolution?CheersSean.