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How to handle optional elements when deserializing
Thanks, are problem was not checking for null, we were getting an exception because there was no object. We fixed this by initializing our objects in the class when we declared them. One of those, “slap yourself in the head”, mistakes. -
How to handle optional elements when deserializing
We are using C# and what I ment by values is the data. -
How to handle optional elements when deserializing
Is there a efficient way to get the values from the XML with out throwing an "Object not set to an instance of an object" exception, when you have elements that may or may not be there. I know "if" statements would work, but that seems inefficient concerning the size of the xml documents...
