Merge git://github.com/rocknet/RestSharp

Author: ayoung

RestSharp.Tests/RestSharp.Tests.csproj

@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@
     <Content Include="SampleData\Lastfm.xml">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
+    <Content Include="SampleData\xmllists.xml">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Client.3.5">

RestSharp.Tests/SampleClasses/ListSamples.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 
 namespace RestSharp.Tests.SampleClasses
 {
+	public class SimpleTypesListSample
+	{
+		public List<string> Names { get; set; }
+		public List<int> Numbers { get; set; }
+	}
+
 	public class InlineListSample
 	{
 		public int Count { get; set; }

RestSharp.Tests/SampleData/xmllists.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<XmlLists>
+	<Names xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
+		<a:string>John</a:string>
+		<a:string>Bob</a:string>
+		<a:string>Albert</a:string>
+		<a:string>Jeff</a:string>
+		<a:string>Charlie</a:string>
+	</Names>
+	<Numbers xmlns:a="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
+		<a:number>1</a:number>
+		<a:number>2</a:number>
+		<a:number>3</a:number>
+		<a:number>5</a:number>
+		<a:number>7</a:number>
+		<a:number>11</a:number>
+	</Numbers>
+</XmlLists>

RestSharp.Tests/XmlTests.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ private string PathFor(string sampleFile)
 			return Path.Combine(SampleDataPath, sampleFile);
 		}
 
+		[Fact]
+		public void Can_Deserialize_Lists_of_Simple_Types()
+		{
+			var xmlpath = PathFor("xmllists.xml");
+			var doc = XDocument.Load(xmlpath);
+
+			var xml = new XmlDeserializer();
+			var output = xml.Deserialize<SimpleTypesListSample>(new RestResponse() { Content = doc.ToString() });
+
+			Assert.NotEmpty(output.Names);
+			Assert.NotEmpty(output.Numbers);
+			Assert.False(output.Names[0].Length == 0);
+			Assert.False(output.Numbers.Sum() == 0);
+		}
+
 		[Fact]
 		public void Can_Deserialize_To_List_Inheritor_From_Custom_Root_With_Attributes()
 		{

RestSharp/Deserializers/XmlDeserializer.cs

@@ -278,8 +278,21 @@ private object HandleListDerivative(object x, XElement root, string propName, Ty
 
 		private object CreateAndMap(Type t, XElement element)
 		{
-			var item = Activator.CreateInstance(t);
-			Map(item, element);
+			object item;
+			if (t == typeof(String))
+			{
+				item = element.Value;
+			}
+			else if (t.IsPrimitive)
+			{
+				item = element.Value.ChangeType(t, Culture);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				item = Activator.CreateInstance(t);
+				Map(item, element);
+			}
+
 			return item;
 		}