# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Core.Rdl.Extensibility.IXmlItemSerializer.Read

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Core_Rdl_Extensibility_IXmlItemSerializer_Read_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Core.Rdl.Extensibility.IXmlItemSerializer.Read*">Read Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Core_Rdl_Extensibility_IXmlItemSerializer_Read_System_Xml_XmlReader_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Core.Rdl.Extensibility.IXmlItemSerializer.Read(System.Xml.XmlReader)">Read(XmlReader)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Reads the item data from the XML using a specified <span class="xref">System.Xml.XmlReader</span>.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">object Read(XmlReader ctx)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><span class="xref">XmlReader</span></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">ctx</span></td>
      <td><p>A <span class="xref">System.Xml.XmlReader</span> object used to read the item data from XML.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object">object</a></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object">object</a> representing the deserialized item.</p>
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