private Client ReadClientFromFile() { var encoder = new BasicHttpBinding(BasicHttpSecurityMode.None).CreateBindingElements() .Find <MessageEncodingBindingElement>()?.CreateMessageEncoderFactory() .Encoder; const string resourceName = "WebSvc1.Resources.client.xml"; var serialiser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Client)); using (var stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName)) { Message requestMessage = encoder.ReadMessage(stream, 0x10000, "text/xml"); using (var xmlReader = requestMessage.GetReaderAtBodyContents()) { xmlReader.ReadStartElement("Process", "http://IntelliFlo.com/"); xmlReader.MoveToStartElement("request", "http://IntelliFlo.com/"); while (xmlReader.Read()) { switch (xmlReader.NodeType) { case XmlNodeType.Element: { if (xmlReader.Name == "personal_client") { var client = serialiser.Deserialize(xmlReader) as Client; return(client); } break; } default: break; } } } } return(null); }