\*Switched over to serailization. 

Summary: I have all the variables pre-defined as null / 0. I want to set them using data from and XML document. The document contains the exact same names as the variables. I don't want to use a bunch of else ifs so I'm trying to do it based on the names I pull from the XML document.

```
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.IO;

public class ShipAttributes
{
    // Model Information
    string name;
    string modelName;
    string firingPosition;
    string cameraPosition;
    string cargoPosition;
    Vector3 cameraDistance;

    // Rotation
    float yawSpeed;
    float pitchSpeed;
    float rollSpeed;

    // Speed
    float maxSpeed;
    float cruiseSpeed;
    float drag;
    float maxAcceleration;
    float maxDeceleration;

    // Physics Properties
    float mass;

    // Collection Capacity
    float cargoSpace;

    // Combat [Defense]
    float structureHealth;
    float armorHealth;
    float shieldHealth;
    float shieldRadius;

    // Combat [Assault]
    float missileRechargeTime;
    float fireRate; 

    // Currency Related
    float cost;
    float repairMultiplier;

void PopulateShipList()
{
    if (shipList != null)
        return;

    string filepath = Application.dataPath + "/Resources/shipsdata.xml";

    XmlRootAttribute xml_Root = new XmlRootAttribute();
    xml_Root.ElementName = "SHIPS";
    xml_Root.IsNullable = true;
    //using (var stream = new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)) 
    //{
        StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(filepath);
        stringReader.Read();
        XmlReader xRdr = XmlReader.Create(stringReader);
        XmlSerializer xml_s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<ShipAttributes>), xml_Root);
        shipList= (List<ShipAttributes>)xml_s.Deserialize(xRdr);
    //}
}
public ShipAttributes LoadShip(string inName)
{
    PopulateShipList();
    foreach (ShipAttributes att in shipList)
    {
        if (att.name == inName)
        {
            att.shipList = shipList;
            return att;
        }
    }

    return null;
}

```

\*Note Variables in the XML files have the exact same Format and Name as the variables in the class. maxSpeed in Class is maxSpeed in XML file.

My XML looks like this --

```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8 without BOM" ?>

     <SHIPS>
        <SHIP>
            <name>Default</name>
            <id>0</id>
            <modelName>Feisar_Ship</modelName>
            <firingPosition>null</firingPosition>
            <cameraPosition>null</cameraPosition>
            <cargoPosition>null</cargoPosition>
            <cameraDistance>null</cameraDistance>
            <yawSpeed>2000.0</yawSpeed>
            <pitchSpeed>3000.0</pitchSpeed>
            <rollSpeed>10000.15</rollSpeed>
            <maxSpeed>200000.0</maxSpeed>
            <cruiseSpeed>100000.0</cruiseSpeed>
            <drag>0.0</drag>
            <maxAcceleration>null</maxAcceleration>
            <maxDeceleration>null</maxDeceleration>
            <mass>5000.0</mass>
            <cargoSpace>150.0</cargoSpace>
            <structureHealth>100.0</structureHealth>
            <armorHealth>25.0</armorHealth>
            <shieldHealth>25.0</shieldHealth>
            <shieldRadius>30.0</shieldRadius>
            <missileRechargeTime>2.0</missileRechargeTime>
            <fireRate>0.5f</fireRate>
            <cost>0</cost>
            <repairMultiplier>1.0</repairMultiplier>
        </SHIP>   
     </SHIPS

```

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Yes Yes I know... Feisar! Just place holders for now from turbosquid.