C#•3y ago

XML Deserialization Null Exception

I have an XML element which usually looks like this

<LoginName><![CDATA[Name]]></LoginName>

<LoginName><![CDATA[Name]]></LoginName>

It is possible thought that someone deleted the whole cdata part and if that happened, when trying to deserialize it, I get a NullReferenceException.

public static XmlCDataSection ToCData(this string str)
{
    return new XmlDocument().CreateCDataSection(str);
}

[XmlIgnore] public string LoginName { get; set; }
[XmlElement("LoginName")]
public XmlCDataSection CDataLoginName
{
    get => LoginName.ToCData();
    set => LoginName = value.Value;
}

public static XmlCDataSection ToCData(this string str)
{
    return new XmlDocument().CreateCDataSection(str);
}

[XmlIgnore] public string LoginName { get; set; }
[XmlElement("LoginName")]
public XmlCDataSection CDataLoginName
{
    get => LoginName.ToCData();
    set => LoginName = value.Value;
}

How can I prevent this exception?

2 Replies

Unknown User•3y ago

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Iceman228OP•3y ago

Is there a reason not to and would that change the behavior ?

set => LoginName = value?.Value;

set => LoginName = value?.Value;

I did this and it is working now.

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XML Deserialization Null Exception