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Deserializing XML with different Namespaces UWP

I have following XML-Data:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<e:propertyset xmlns:e="urn:schemas-upnp-org:event-1-0">
<e:property>
<LastChange>
<Event xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:metadata-1-0/RCS/">
<InstanceID val="0">
<RoomVolumes val="uuid:29e07ad9-224f-4160-a2bc-61d17845182a=100"/>
<Volume channel="Master" val="100"/>
<Mute channel="Master" val="0"/>
<RoomMutes val="uuid:29e07ad9-224f-4160-a2bc-61d17845182a=0"/>
</InstanceID>
</Event>
</LastChange>
</e:property>
</e:propertyset>
And here are my classes:
[XmlRoot("propertyset", Namespace = "urn:schemas-upnp-org:event-1-0")]
public class EventPropertySet
{
[XmlElement("property")]
public List<EventProperty> Properties { get; set; }
}
public class EventProperty
{
[XmlElement("LastChange")]
public string LastChange { get; set; }
[XmlElement("SinkProtocolInfo")]
public string SinkProtocolInfo { get; set; }
[XmlElement("IndexerStatus")]
public string IndexerStatus { get; set; }
[XmlElement("SystemUpdateID")]
public string SystemUpdateID { get; set; }
}
Now when I try to deserialize the XML-Data 'LastChange' is always 'null'.
When I modify the class 'EventProperty' like so:
public class EventProperty
{
[XmlElement("LastChange", Namespae = "")]
public string LastChange { get; set; }
[XmlElement("SinkProtocolInfo", Namespae = "")]
public string SinkProtocolInfo { get; set; }
[XmlElement("IndexerStatus", Namespae = "")]
public string IndexerStatus { get; set; }
[XmlElement("SystemUpdateID", Namespae = "")]
public string SystemUpdateID { get; set; }
}
The deserialization throws an exception:
XmlException: ReadElementContentAs() methods cannot be called on an element that has child elements. Line 1, position 103.
Any ideas what I should do?

Sorry, I found the problem. The data behind "LastChange" is normaly a parsed XML-Structure (like this:)
<LastChange><Event xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:metadata-1-0/RCS/"><InstanceID val="0"><RoomVolumes val="uuid:29e07ad9-224f-4160-a2bc-61d17845182a=100"/><Volume channel="Master" val="100"/><Mute channel="Master" val="0"/><RoomMutes val="uuid:29e07ad9-224f-4160-a2bc-61d17845182a=0"/></InstanceID></Event></LastChange>
Now when I don't do the "DeParse" with WebUtility.HtmlDecode, everythings works fine.

JSON Deserializer "loses" last property of JSON value

passing a Json value like this one(this will be the var jsonValue in code):
"{\"Something\":0,\"Something2\":10,\"Something3\":{\"Something4\":17,\"Something5\":38042,\"Something6\":38043,\"Id\":215},\"Something7\":215,\"SomethingId\":42,\"Something8\":\"AString, Gläser\",\"Something8\":\"44-55-18\",\"Status\":{\"Caption\":\"Fixed\",\"Value\":7},\"Type\":\"Article\",\"Id\":97,\"#Delete\":true,\"Something9\":\"8\"}"
to the following code:
var deserializer = new JsonSerializer();
const string regex = #"/Date\((.*?)\+(.*?)\)/";
var reader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(jsonValue));
returnValue = deserializer.Deserialize(reader, type);
type is the typeof https://dotnetfiddle.net/LMPEl0 (thank you Craig) (sorry for the weird names, can't disclose the actual ones...)
The jsonvalue is generated by input in an editable cell of a DataTable and apparently places previously null values in the end of the json string.
I get a null value in the "Something9" property in the returnValue, instead of 8(Something9 was null before and set to 8 through an editable Cell of a DataTable)
Is there some problem with the Json value that I can't see?
Or do I need some setting in the Deserializer?
Thanks

You don't show what your type is so I generated one using http://json2csharp.com.
public class Something3
{
public int Something4 { get; set; }
public int Something5 { get; set; }
public int Something6 { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }
}
public class Status
{
public string Caption { get; set; }
public int Value { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int Something { get; set; }
public int Something2 { get; set; }
public Something3 Something3 { get; set; }
public int Something7 { get; set; }
public int SomethingId { get; set; }
public string Something8 { get; set; }
public Status Status { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public int Id { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("#Delete")]
public bool Delete { get; set; }
public string Something9 { get; set; }
}
Because one of your properties has a name that is not valid as a .NET property I added the [JsonProperty] attribute to that one. After that it worked perfectly. Perhaps the problem is with how you declared the #Delete JSON property in your .NET type. Given that Something9 comes after that property it would be my guess that that's part of the problem.
Here's the fiddle.
https://dotnetfiddle.net/McZF9Q

While Craig's answer helped a lot and finally led to a solution the exact answer to the problem was the following:
The Status object is an Enum and was not Deserialized correctly.
Due to that, anything that followed in the Json string was also not deserialized.
Implementing a custom Enum Deserializer was the solution. There are other Questions in stackoverflow that helped with this, particularly this one here:
How can I ignore unknown enum values during json deserialization?
Thank you everyone :)

Newtonsoft JSON Deserialize Boolean in List

I'm using the Newtonsoft Json (http://james.newtonking.com/json) library to deserialize some json into an object but having some trouble with a boolean value. Please see my example below. The example should run in LinqPad as long as you reference the Newtonsoft dll (I'm using the latest at the moment which has a file version of 6.0.3.17227). The issue is deserializing into the UpdateLocationsRequest object.
Any help is appreciated.
void Main()
{
string json1 = "{\"token\":\"5b2a38c8-c211-481e-aa75-7d52fff6eb2f\",\"share\":true}";
string json2 = "{\"token\":\"5b2a38c8-c211-481e-aa75-7d52fff6eb2f\",\"locationList\":[{\"desc\":\"This is a test\",\"name\":\"Andrew 3\",\"deviceLocationId\":\"a8d2bfae-4493-41cd-ae1e-ea0da66da0cf\",\"locType\":1,\"lon\":-80.27543,\"lat\":43.42618,\"share\":true}]}";
TestClass req1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TestClass>(json1);
UpdateLocationsRequest req2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<UpdateLocationsRequest>(json2);
json1.Dump("json1");
req1.Dump("Boolean ok here");
json2.Dump("json2");
req2.Dump("Boolean not ok here. Why not?");
}
// Define other methods and classes here
public class UpdateLocationsRequest
{
public string token { get; set; }
public List<LocationJson> locationList { get; set; }
}
public class LocationJson
{
public string deviceLocationId { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string desc { get; set; }
public int locType { get; set; }
public float lat { get; set; }
public float lon { get; set; }
public bool show { get; set; }
}
public class TestClass {
public string token {get; set;}
public bool share {get; set;}
}

Your json bool value is share, but in your class it's show. Adjust one or the other so they match, and you should be good to go

I found your problem. You LocationJson class has a boolean property named show whiles your json2 string has the property share. show is never updated. All other values are updated.
It is always a good thing to add breakpoints and step into your program and see what is going on.
Best of luck.

Deserializing JSON from ASP.net web service into C# object

After spending a day reading through posts here I still can't get this to work so hopefully this makes sense to someone here.
The web service returns this simple JSON
{"d":{"__type":"TestWebServices.Person","Name":"Bob","FavoriteColor":"Green","ID":0}}
Then I am using C# code to deserialize
DataContractJsonSerializer jsonSerializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(Person));
Person someone = (Person)jsonSerializer.ReadObject(responseStream);
When I use this model someone is created but all the properties are null
[DataContract]
public class Person {
[DataMember]
public string Name { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string FavoriteColor { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public int ID { get; set; }
}
I tried being more literal and used this model
[DataContract]
public class Person {
[DataMember]
public PersonItem d { get; set; }
}
[DataContract]
public class PersonItem {
[DataMember]
public string __Type { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string Name { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string FavoriteColor { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public int ID { get; set; }
}
And got this error, which I don't even know where to start with
Element ':d' contains data from a type that maps to the name ':GEMiniWebServices.Person'. The deserializer has no knowledge of any type that maps to this name. Consider using a DataContractResolver or add the type corresponding to 'TestWebServices.Person' to the list of known types - for example, by using the KnownTypeAttribute attribute or by adding it to the list of known types passed to DataContractSerializer.
Any thoughts?
Thanks

__Type should never be part of your object. It's a hint to the serializer. Also, the type hint that you have in your JSON object is bad. Stand-Alone JSON Serialization says:
To preserve type identity, when serializing complex types to JSON a
"type hint" can be added, and the deserializer recognizes the hint and
acts appropriately. The "type hint" is a JSON key/value pair with the
key name of "__type" (two underscores followed by the word "type").
The value is a JSON string of the form
"DataContractName:DataContractNamespace" (anything up to the first
colon is the name).
The type hint is very similar to the xsi:type attribute defined by the
XML Schema Instance standard and used when serializing/deserializing
XML.
Data members called "__type" are forbidden due to potential conflict
with the type hint.
It works with the following if you rewrite the __type declaration as Person:#TestWebServices or eliminate it:
namespace TestWebServices
{
[KnownType(typeof(Person))]
[DataContract]
public class PersonWrapper
{
[DataMember]
public Person d { get; set; }
}
[DataContract]
public class Person
{
[DataMember]
public string Name { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string FavoriteColor { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public int ID { get; set; }
}
}

Try adding (and I'm kind of taking a bit of a stab here so the exact namespace my be incorrect)
[DataContract(Namespace = "http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/TestWebServices.Person")]
to your DataContractAttribute on Person.
[DataContract(Namespace = "http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/TestWebServices.Person")]
public class Person {
[DataMember]
public PersonItem d { get; set; }
}
[DataContract]
public class PersonItem {
[DataMember]
public string __Type { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string Name { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string FavoriteColor { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public int ID { get; set; }
}

Lowercase in xml element names when using MvcContrib's XmlResult

I've got a class like this
public class Reply
{
public string Result { get; set; }
public int Code { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
}
When I use it as a param to XmlResult constructor, I get an output where xml element names first letters are uppercase. But I need them to be plain lowercase. Perhaps there is some sort of attribute which I miss? Unfortunately, I haven't found any documentation on XmlResult.

For serializing you add either:
[XmlElement("loweredname")]
or
[XmlAttribute("loweredname")]
for XML Elements and Attributes respectively. Hopefully this works for what you need.
Update: Your class should be something like:
[XmlRoot("reply")]
public class Reply
{
[XmlElement("result")]
public string Result { get; set; }
[XmlElement("code")]
public int Code { get; set; }
[XmlElement("description")]
public string Description { get; set; }
}