problem getting elements after serialization

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Hi.
I have a problem extracting elements from a XML file after serializing a complex object in it.
Im using DataContractSerializer in order to serialize the object.
The code snippet below:

<div style="background-color:white; color:black
<pre><span style="color:blue namespace SerDiser
{
<span style="color:blue public <span style="color:blue class Entity
{
<span style="color:blue public Guid ID { <span style="color:blue get; <span style="color:blue set; }
<span style="color:blue public <span style="color:blue string Name { <span style="color:blue get; <span style="color:blue set; }
}

<span style="color:blue public <span style="color:blue class ListEntities
{
<span style="color:blue private List<Entity> entities;
<span style="color:gray /// <span style="color:gray <summary>
<span style="color:gray ///<span style="color:green Audits to Do
<span style="color:gray /// <span style="color:gray </summary>
<span style="color:blue public List<Entity> Entities
{
<span style="color:blue get
{
<span style="color:blue if (entities == <span style="color:blue null)
entities = <span style="color:blue new List<Entity>();

<span style="color:blue return entities;
}
<span style="color:blue set
{
entities = value;
}
}
<span style="color:blue public <span style="color:blue string Name { <span style="color:blue get; <span style="color:blue set; }
}

<span style="color:blue class Program
{
<span style="color:blue static <span style="color:blue void Main(<span style="color:blue string[] args)
{

ListEntities entitiesList = <span style="color:blue new ListEntities();
List<Entity> list = <span style="color:blue new List<Entity>() { <span style="color:blue new Entity() { ID = Guid.NewGuid(), Name = <span style="color:#a31515 "Bob" }, <span style="color:blue new Entity() { ID = Guid.NewGuid(), Name = <span style="color:#a31515 "John" }, <span style="color:blue new Entity() { ID = Guid.NewGuid(), Name = <span style="color:#a31515 "Brad" }, <span style="color:blue new Entity() { ID = Guid.NewGuid(), Name = <span style="color:#a31515 "Donald" }, <span style="color:blue new Entity() { ID = Guid.NewGuid(), Name = <span style="color:#a31515 "Mike" } };
entitiesList.Entities.AddRange(list);

<span style="color:blue using (Stream stream = File.Create(<span style="color:#a31515 @"C:UsersTeamDesktoptest.xml"))
{
DataContractSerializer xmlser = <span style="color:blue new DataContractSerializer(<span style="color:blue typeof(ListEntities));
<span style="color:green //XmlSerializer xmlser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ListEntities));

xmlser.WriteObject(stream, entitiesList);
<span style="color:green //xmlser.Serialize(stream, entitiesList);
}

XDocument document;
Stream filestream = File.OpenRead(<span style="color:#a31515 @"C:UsersTeamDesktoptest.xml");
<span style="color:blue using (<span style="color:blue var reader = <span style="color:blue new StreamReader(filestream))
{
<span style="color:blue string payload = reader.ReadToEnd().Replace(<span style="color:#a31515 , <span style="color:#a31515 );
document = XDocument.Parse(payload);
XElement root = document.Root;
XElement xelement = root.Element(<span style="color:#a31515 "Entities");
}
}
}
}

[/code]


The resulting file has the form:

<div style="background-color:white; color:black
<pre><span style="color:blue <?<span style="color:#a31515 xml <span style="color:red version<span style="color:blue =<span style="color:black "<span style="color:blue 1.0<span style="color:black "<span style="color:blue ?>
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 ListEntities <span style="color:red xmlns:xsi<span style="color:blue =<span style="color:black "<span style="color:blue http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance<span style="color:black " <span style="color:red xmlns:xsd<span style="color:blue =<span style="color:black "<span style="color:blue http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema<span style="color:black "<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Entities<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >bee3abcd-c619-425d-be74-4890dd97ea7d<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >Bob<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >b89097b8-72b3-4449-afa7-fe139a186e24<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >John<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >a1f0a91f-b546-4e01-8ff6-45ab5baf6c92<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >Brad<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >7caaafb3-39d7-42ac-9cd5-1130bdc8242f<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >Donald<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >83f2af5a-fec0-4f64-b593-c9e77a634972<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 ID<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue <<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >Mike<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Name<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Entity<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 Entities<span style="color:blue >
<span style="color:blue </<span style="color:#a31515 ListEntities<span style="color:blue >
[/code]

Now xelement in XElement xelement = root.Element("Entities") is NULL for some reasons.
But gets the right value when I use XmlSerializer instead of DataContractSerializer.
The reason I want to use DataContractSerializer is because of serialization of nullalbe properties(nil attribute), which XmlSerializer doesnt make.
So may be someone knows the reasons for this issue.
Thanks and regards.

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