XmlNodeEventArgs Class

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

public class Group{
   // Only the GroupName field will be known.
   public string GroupName;
}

public class Test{
   static void Main(){
      Test t = new Test();
      t.DeserializeObject("UnknownNodes.xml");
   }

   private void DeserializeObject(string filename){
      XmlSerializer mySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Group));
      FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
      mySerializer.UnknownNode += new 
      XmlNodeEventHandler(serializer_UnknownNode);
      Group myGroup = (Group) mySerializer.Deserialize(fs);
      fs.Close();
   }
   private void serializer_UnknownNode
   (object sender, XmlNodeEventArgs e){
      Console.WriteLine
      ("UnknownNode Name: {0}", e.Name);
      Console.WriteLine
      ("UnknownNode LocalName: {0}" ,e.LocalName);
      Console.WriteLine
      ("UnknownNode Namespace URI: {0}", e.NamespaceURI);
      Console.WriteLine
      ("UnknownNode Text: {0}", e.Text);

      XmlNodeType myNodeType = e.NodeType;
      Console.WriteLine("NodeType: {0}", myNodeType);

      Group myGroup = (Group) e.ObjectBeingDeserialized;
      Console.WriteLine("GroupName: {0}", myGroup.GroupName);
      Console.WriteLine();
   }
}
/* Paste this XML into a file named UnknownNodes:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Group xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 

xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:coho = "http://www.cohowinery.com" 

xmlns:cp="http://www.cpandl.com">
   <coho:GroupName>MyGroup</coho:GroupName>
   <cp:GroupSize>Large</cp:GroupSize>
   <cp:GroupNumber>444</cp:GroupNumber>
   <coho:GroupBase>West</coho:GroupBase>
   <coho:ThingInfo>
      <Number>1</Number>
      <Name>Thing1</Name>
      <Elmo>
         <Glue>element</Glue>
      </Elmo>
   </coho:ThingInfo>
</Group>
*/