C# Get all text from xml node including xml markup using Visual studio generated class

Question

Using xml to c# feature in visual studio converted the below xml markup into C# class.

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Answer 1

You can use [XmlAnyElement("name")] to capture the XML of the <name> node of each author into an XmlElement (or XElement). The precise text you want is the InnerXml of that element:

[XmlRoot(ElementName = "author")]
public class Author
{
    [XmlAnyElement("name")]
    public XmlElement NameElement { get; set; }

    [XmlIgnore]
    public string Name
    {
        get
        {
            return NameElement == null ? null : NameElement.InnerXml;
        }
        set
        {
            if (value == null)
                NameElement = null;
            else
            {
                var element = new XmlDocument().CreateElement("name");
                element.InnerXml = value;
                NameElement = element;
            }
        }
    }
}

This eliminates the need for the booksBookAuthorName class.

Sample fiddle showing deserialization of a complete set of classes corresponding to your XML, generated initially from http://xmltocsharp.azurewebsites.net/ after which Author was modified as necessary.