Convert XML to Object via XElement

Question

Hi,

I already have a set of business objects classes.

I also have one method exposed which takes XElement as input parameter. This XElement param is loaded with xml containing serialized object from another system.

Now, I want to convert this xml to already existant business objects. Problem is I can't modify existing BO classes to include xml tags in them. Also they have some properties of type IList in them, which I guess doesn't work with XmlDeserializer.

Please suggest on how to convert/parse xml to objects using XElement as input in such situation.

Many Thanks.