Nested XML for Data Driven Unit Test

My aim is to have 'nested' data in each of my unit test Iterations. I want to do this so I can have a set of Data to call upon, as well as a list of Actions (described by strings) that are then interpreted and performed in my tests. I currently have tests running in VS2013 via Test Explorer utilising non-nested data (eg. no Data/Actions sub item groups) correctly.

For example, my data could be:

<TestData>
  <Iteration>
    <Data>
      <LoginName>admin</LoginName>
      <Password>admin</Password>
    </Data>
    <Actions>
      <Action>EnterText_LoginName</Action>
      <Action>EnterText_Password</Action>
      <Action>ClickButton_Login</Action>
    </Actions>
  </Iteration>
</TestData>

I would like to access the elements in Data as per a normal non-nested test (dataElements["element"]), however, I would like to have the Actions elements in a list. I have tried the following with no success:

var data = TestContext.DataRow.GetChildRows("Iteration_Data");
var actions = TestContext.DataRow.GetChildRows("Iteration_Actions");

GetChildRows seems the correct method, but I am unable to see any data in the returned object that resembles my XML elements - I only get 1 DataRow object that has an ItemArray of 3 values (0, {}, 0). How do I retrieve a list of my Action elements so I can access the text:

• "EnterText_LoginName"


• "EnterText_Password"


• "ClickButton_Login"