Handling Mixed Content in XML with C# - Loss of Data During Deserialization
I'm writing unit tests and I've hit a wall trying to I'm working on deserializing an XML document in C# that contains mixed content, specifically elements that include both text and child elements... My XML looks something like this: ```xml <root> <item>This is <child>some</child> text.</item> </root> ``` I'm using the `XmlSerializer` class to deserialize the XML into a class structure like this: ```csharp [XmlRoot("root")] public class Root { [XmlElement("item")] public string Item { get; set; } } ``` However, when I attempt to deserialize this XML, the `Item` property ends up being `"This is text."`, and I lose the `<child>` element entirely. I've tried changing the property type of `Item` to `string` with `XmlElement` and `XmlText` attributes, but I'm still not able to capture the full mixed content correctly. Here's the deserialization code I'm using: ```csharp XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Root)); using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream("path/to/xmlfile.xml", FileMode.Open)) { Root result = (Root)serializer.Deserialize(fileStream); } ``` I've also checked the XML and it is well-formed. Is there a way to correctly handle mixed content in this scenario? Do I need to define a different structure or use another approach? Any insights or examples would be greatly appreciated! I'm coming from a different tech stack and learning C#. I'd really appreciate any guidance on this. Thanks in advance!