xmlns='' was not expected when deserializing nested classes

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Published on 2010-05-09T13:33:11Z Indexed on 2010/05/09 13:38 UTC
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I have a problem when attempting to serialize class on a server, send it to the client and deserialize is on the destination.

On the server I have the following two classes:

[XmlRoot("StatusUpdate")]
public class GameStatusUpdate
{
    public GameStatusUpdate()
    {}

    public GameStatusUpdate(Player[] players, Command command)
    {
        this.Players = players;
        this.Update = command;
    }

    [XmlArray("Players")]
    public Player[] Players { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("Command")]
    public Command Update { get; set; }
}

and

[XmlRoot("Player")]
public class Player
{
    public Player()
    {}

    public Player(PlayerColors color)
    {
        Color = color;
        ...
    }

    [XmlAttribute("Color")]
    public PlayerColors Color { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute("X")]
    public int X { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute("Y")]
    public int Y { get; set; }
}

(The missing types are all enums).

This generates the following XML on serialization:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<StatusUpdate>
  <Players>
    <Player Color="Cyan" X="67" Y="32" />
  </Players>
  <Command>StartGame</Command>
</StatusUpdate>

On the client side, I'm attempting to deserialize that into following classes:

[XmlRoot("StatusUpdate")]
public class StatusUpdate
{
    public StatusUpdate()
    {

    }

    [XmlArray("Players")]
    [XmlArrayItem("Player")]
    public PlayerInfo[] Players { get; set; }

    [XmlElement("Command")]
    public Command Update { get; set; }
}

and

[XmlRoot("Player")]
public class PlayerInfo
{
    public PlayerInfo()
    {
    }

    [XmlAttribute("X")]
    public int X { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute("Y")]
    public int Y { get; set; }

    [XmlAttribute("Color")]
    public PlayerColor Color { get; set; }
}

However, the deserializer throws an exception:

There is an error in XML document (2, 2).
<StatusUpdate xmlns=''> was not expected.

What am I missing or doing wrong?

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