Parsing custom tags using Simple XML Serialization

I have the below XML :

<com.abc.xyz.container>
 <data class="list">
   <com.xyz.abc.VO.fruits>
       <id>28</id>
       <name>
        <![CDATA[ Apple ]]>
       </name>
   </<com.xyz.abc.VO.fruits>

   <com.xyz.abc.VO.fruits>
       <id>29</id>
       <name>
         <![CDATA[ Orange ]]>
       </name>
   </<com.xyz.abc.VO.fruits>
<com.abc.xyz.container>

I tried to create class in this manner :

@Root(name = "com.abc.xyz.container")
public class Response {

    @Element(required = false)
    private Data list;

    public Data getList() {
        return list;
    }
    public void setList(Data list) {
        this.list = list;
    }               
}

public class Data {

    @ElementList(inline = true, name = "com.xyz.abc.VO.fruits", required = false)
    private List<Fruits> fruits;

    public List<Fruits> getfruits() {
        return fruits;
    }

    public void setfruits(List<Fruits> fruits) {
        this.fruits = fruits;
    }    
}

But when i try to get the size of the List<Fruits> it gives me NullPointerException.

How can i correct my code ? I am using Simple XML Serialization(org.simpleframework.xml.*).