title: Parse XML into object
body: <p>Here is the XML:</p>
  
  <pre><code>  &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?&gt; 
    &lt;object&gt;
      &lt;body&gt;tests&lt;/body&gt; 
      &lt;send_results type="null" /&gt; 
      &lt;note_class&gt;none&lt;/note_class&gt; 
      &lt;users type="list" /&gt; 
      &lt;title&gt;test&lt;/title&gt; 
      &lt;time_sent type="null" /&gt; 
      &lt;image type="null" /&gt; 
      &lt;to_customers type="boolean"&gt;False&lt;/to_customers&gt; 
      &lt;time_created&gt;2013-06-26T16:40:50&lt;/time_created&gt; 
      &lt;num_sends type="integer"&gt;0&lt;/num_sends&gt; 
      &lt;time_scheduled type="null" /&gt; 
      &lt;dealership&gt;/api/v1/dealerships/10/&lt;/dealership&gt; 
      &lt;id type="integer"&gt;22&lt;/id&gt; 
      &lt;send_rate&gt;none&lt;/send_rate&gt; 
      &lt;send_method&gt;email&lt;/send_method&gt; 
      &lt;reply_to_email&gt;do_not_reply@williamson-cadillac.com&lt;/reply_to_email&gt; 
      &lt;response_link type="null" /&gt; 
      &lt;to_users type="boolean"&gt;True&lt;/to_users&gt; 
      &lt;resource_uri&gt;/api/v1/notifications/22/&lt;/resource_uri&gt; 
    &lt;/object&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm trying to parse the Xml into an object...</p>
  
  <pre><code>       var query = from m in parsedXml.Decendants("object")
                      select new Notifications
                      {
                          Body = (string)m.Element("body"),
                          SendResults = (string)m.Element("send_results"),
                          NoteClass = (string)m.Element("note_class"),
                          Users = m.Element("users").Elements().Select(e =&gt; (string)e.Element("value")).ToList(),
                          Title = (string)m.Element("title"),
                          TimeSent = (string)m.Element("time_sent"),
                          Image = (string)m.Element("image"),
                          ToCustomers = (string)m.Element("to_customers"),
                          TimeCreated = (string)m.Element("time_created"),
                          NumSends = (string)m.Element("num_sends"),
                          TimeScheduled = (string)m.Element("time_scheduled"),
                          Dealership = (string)m.Element("dealership"),
                          Id = (string)m.Element("id"),
                          SendRate = (string)m.Element("send_rate"),
                          SendMethod = (string)m.Element("send_method"),
                          ReplyToEmail = (string)m.Element("reply_to_email"),
                          ResponseLink = (string)m.Element("response_link"),
                          ToUsers = (string)m.Element("to_users"),
                          ResourceUri = (string)m.Element("resource_uri"),
                      };
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I keep on getting "nothing" or "null" in the variable "query".</p>
  
  <p>I can't figure this out - I've tried many different things. Thanks for you help in these matters.</p>