Using XML Serialization to Read Custom Configuration Elements

using System;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace XmlSerializationConfig
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Example class we'll place into the 
	/// configuration file for reading.
	/// </summary>
	[XmlRoot("Person")]
	public class Person
	{
		string __firstName = String.Empty;
		string __lastName = String.Empty;

		public Person()
		{
		}

		[XmlAttribute(DataType = "string", AttributeName = "Firstname")]
		public string Firstname
		{
			get { return __firstName; }
			set { __firstName = value; }
		}

		[XmlAttribute(DataType = "string", AttributeName = "Lastname")]
		public string Lastname
		{
			get { return __lastName; }
			set { __lastName = value; }
		}
	}
}