how to get XML attribute using XmlSerializer in c# -

i have class , xml file using values.

xml file

<task>   <employee id="123">     <string>/name</string>     <string>/company</string>   </employee>    <manager id="456">     <string>/name</string>     <string>/company</string>   </manager> </task> 

code

public class task {     public list<string> employee;     public list<string> manager; }  var taks = (task)new xmlserializer(typeof(task)).deserialize(streamreader); 

so, in tasks getting list of employee name , compnay values correctly. want id each element. how it?

/name , /company can anything. can put value in there , in employee without creating property it. same goes manager well, can have /email, /website, /lastlogin etc , in manager object without creating property it.

appreciate time , help.

define task class follows:

public class task {     public employee employee;     public manager manager; } 

where employee is:

public class employee {     [xmlattribute]     public string id {get;set;}      public string name{get;set;}      public string company{get;set;} } 

and manager is:

public class manager {     [xmlattribute]     public string id {get;set;}      public string name{get;set;}      public string company{get;set;} } 

if you're interested in generic list of properties employee and/or manager, consider having class called property following:

public class property {      [xmlattribute]      public string value{get;set;} } 

then, change manager , employee following:

public class employee {     [xmlattribute]     public string id {get;set;}      public list<property> properties {get;set;} }  public class manager {     [xmlattribute]     public string id {get;set;}      public list<property> properties {get;set;} } 

finally, change xml following:

<task>   <employee id="123">     <properties>        <property value="/name" />        <property value="/company"/>     </properties>   </employee>    <manager id="456">     <properties>        <property value="/name" />        <property value="/company"/>     </properties>   </manager> </task>