[Simple-support] Deserializing specific (lists of) children without having to map an entire XML tree?

[H. B. <he...@zx...>]

I hope I can explain this in an understandable manner...
I've been reading the docs for a while, but one thing keeps me
puzzled: is it possible to deserialize a list of things in an xml
without deserializing the entire structure?

An example is http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=john&format=xml&limit=10
:
I only care about the Item objects, and I'd like a List<Item>, is
there any way I can get that without having to make class templates
for SearchSuggestion and Section or do I always have to wrap the
entire hierarchy?

Thanks.