c# - How to deserialize a tag nested within a text section of another tag? -

how represent structure of following xml further deserialization classes?

<headelement id="1">     text in headelement start     <subelement samp="0">         text in subelement     </subelement>     continue text  </headelement> 

my current code looks this:

[datacontract] public class claimtext {     [datamember, xmlelement(elementname = "claim-ref")]     public claimref claimref; // { get; private set; }     public void setclaimref(claimref claimref_)     {         this.claimref = claimref_;     }      [datamember, xmltext()]     public string txt; // { get; private set; }     public void settxt(string txt_)     {         this.txt = txt_;     }         } 

given following xml contents:

<claim id="clm-00016" num="00016">     <claim-text>16. midgate assembly of <claim-ref idref="clm-00015">claim 15</claim-ref>, further comprising second ramp member connected opposite side of midgate panel selectively covering opposite end of pass-through aperture. </claim-text> </claim> 

i object in link "claim-ref" present, not entire text: second part of (", further comprising ..."). how whole text?

first of mixing attributes datacontractserializer , xmlserializer.

ad rem: in case of mixed elements it's better use xmlserializer. here structure works xml:

[xmlroot(elementname = "claim")] public class claimtext {     [xmlattribute]     public string id;      [xmlattribute]     public string num;      [xmlelement(elementname = "claim-text")]     public claiminnercontents contents; }  public class claiminnercontents {     [xmlelement(elementname = "claim-ref", type = typeof(claimref))]     [xmltext(type = typeof(string))]     public object[] contents; }  public class claimref {     [xmlattribute]     public string idref;      [xmltext]     public string text; } 

claimref , splitted text sections deserialized contents array objects.

you can (and should) of course provide statically typed , checked accessors particular elements of array.