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Can XmlSerializer deserialize into a Nullable?

I think you need to prefix the nil=”true” with a namespace in order for XmlSerializer to deserialise to null. MSDN on xsi:nil <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <entities xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” xsi:type=”array”> <entity> <id xsi:type=”integer”>1</id> <name>Foo</name> <parent-id xsi:type=”integer” xsi:nil=”true”/>

What is the correct way to represent null XML elements?

xsi:nil is the correct way to represent a value such that: When the DOM Level 2 call getElementValue() is issued, the NULL value is returned. xsi:nil is also used to indicate a valid element with no content even if that elements content type normally doesn’t allow empty elements. If an empty tag is used, getElementValue() … Read more