implementing Deserialization of XML List in C# - Unexpected Empty Collections
I'm working on a project and hit a roadblock... I'm having trouble deserializing an XML document into a list of objects in C#. Despite my efforts, the resulting list is always empty, and I'm not sure why. The XML structure seems correct, and I believe I've set up my classes properly. Here’s the relevant part of my XML: ```xml <Books> <Book> <Title>Book One</Title> <Author>Author A</Author> </Book> <Book> <Title>Book Two</Title> <Author>Author B</Author> </Book> </Books> ``` And here are my classes: ```csharp [XmlRoot("Books")] public class BookCollection { [XmlElement("Book")] public List<Book> Books { get; set; } } public class Book { public string Title { get; set; } public string Author { get; set; } } ``` I'm using the `XmlSerializer` to deserialize the XML like this: ```csharp var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(BookCollection)); using (var reader = new StringReader(xmlString)) { var result = (BookCollection)serializer.Deserialize(reader); } ``` However, `result.Books` always ends up as `null`. I've checked the XML string and it appears to be well-formed. I also tried adding `[XmlArray]` and `[XmlArrayItem]` attributes to the `Books` property but it didn't help. I suspect there might be a mismatch somewhere in the way the XML is structured versus how the classes are defined, especially since the deserialization process doesn't throw any exceptions. Can anyone point me in the right direction to troubleshoot this scenario? I'm currently using .NET 5.0. What am I doing wrong?