Deserialize XML - Ignore Element - HowTo?

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Hello
I have a XML, like this(there could be many more Message elements):
xml   version = "1.0"   encoding = "utf-8" ?>
response >
Count > 2Count >
Messages >
Message >
Smstat > 0Smstat >
Index > 40005Index >
Phone > +4xxxxxxPhone >
Content > Test 2Content >
Date > 2019-12-08 18:13:35Date >
Sca > Sca >
SaveType > 4SaveType >
Priority > 0Priority >
SmsType > 1SmsType >
Message >
Message >
Smstat > 1Smstat >
Index > 40004Index >
Phone > +4xxxxxx >
Content > Test 1Content >
Date > 2019-12-08 18:13:30Date >
Sca > Sca >
SaveType > 4SaveType >
Priority > 0Priority >
SmsType > 1SmsType >
Message >
Messages >
response >
I'd like to deserialize it, I came up with this code:
[Serializable()]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRoot( "Messsages" )]
public   class  Messsages
{
[XmlArray( "Messsages" )]
[XmlArrayItem( "Message" ,  typeof (Message))]
public  Message[] Car {  get ;  set ; }
}
[Serializable()]
public   class  Message
{
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement( "Smstat" )]
public   int  Smstat {  get ;  set ; }
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement( "Index" )]
public   int  Index {  get ;  set ; }
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement( "Phone" )]
public   string  Phone {  get ;  set ; }
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement( "Content" )]
public   string  Content {  get ;  set ; }
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement( "Date" )]
public   string  Date {  get ;  set ; }
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement( "sca" )]
public   string  sca {  get ;  set ; }
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement( "SaveType" )]
public   string  SaveType {  get ;  set ; }
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement( "Priority" )]
public   string  Priority {  get ;  set ; }
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement( "SmsType" )]
public   string  SmsType {  get ;  set ; }
}
Messsages[] messages =  null ;
XmlSerializer serializer =  new  XmlSerializer( typeof (Message[]));
using  (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
messages = (Messsages[])serializer.Deserialize(response.GetResponseStream());
}
If I do it like this I get an InvalidOperationException telling me that the xml doesn't match due to the "response"
If I have a look on my XML the Messages are inside " " - so far it makes sense.
My question now is, how can I "ignore" that "response "? It is unneeded information for me and I just like to finally have only the data that I defined in the two data classes above.
Is there some ignore flag or how could I achieve that?
Thank you for your help!

Ashutosh Gupta · Answer

[Serializable()]         [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRoot( "response" )]          public   class  Response       {                              public   int  count {  get ;  set ; }            public  List Messages {  get ;  set ; }         }       XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer( typeof ( Response )); using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse()) { messages = ( Response )serializer.Deserialize(response.GetResponseStream()); }   Check this out  *you could use XmlIgnore attribute for ignoring xml elment.