Troubleshooting XmlSerializer.Deserialize()

How does one troubleshoot/debug deserialization with XmlSerializer, i.e. XmlSerializer.Deserialize()? Is there anyway to find o开发者_开发问答ut why an element in the document wasn't deserialized? Or is it just trial and error?

I have a document that I am trying to deserialize and one of the properties of the target object is null after deserialization, but the element is populated in the document.

Thanks.

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If it threw an exception, the reasons would be in the InnerException. If is didn't, it probably means simply not matching layout:

• name mismatch (including case)
• namespace
• attribute vs element
• for repeated data, element vs array, and array-level

Of course a broken `set is an option too. An example of the XML and c# (for the affected data) would probably reveal all.