I have a rather detailed xml file. Below is the top level nodes (I have included the ellipse as the lower level nodes are all well formed and properly filled with data):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
<Models>...</Models>
<Data>...</Data>
</config>
I have created an xsd file from using the Visual Studio 2008 command prompt:
xsd sample.xml
This generates the xsd file just fine. I then auto generate classes from the xsd with the command:
xsd sample.xsd /classes
For the deserialization of the xml file into a class object, I'm using the read function in the helper class:
public class XmlSerializerHelper<T>
{
public Type _type;
public XmlSerializerHelper()
{
_type = typeof(T);
}
public void Save(string path, object obj)
{
using (TextWriter textWriter = new StreamWriter(path))
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(_type);
serializer.Serialize(textWriter, obj);
}
}
public T Read(string path)
{
T result;
using (TextReader textReader = new StreamReader(path))
{
XmlSerializer deserializer = new XmlSerializer(_type);
result = (T)deserializer.Deserialize(textReader);
}
return result;
}
}
When attempting the deserialization with:
var helper = new XmlSerializerHelper<configModels>();
var obj = new configModels();
obj = helper.Read(filepath);
I receive an error that I have deduced is because the deserializer is looking for the 'Models' node but the corresponding class name was generated as a combination of the root node and the 'Model' node (configModels). Why are the class names generated like this?
I tried to deserialize from the top node using:
var helper = new XmlSerializerHelper<config>();
var obj = new config();
obj = helper.Read(filepath);
Unfortunately, this the results in a slew of errors like the following:
System.InvalidOperationException was unhandled by user code
Message="Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1).
error CS0030: Cannot convert type 'Application.Lease[]' to 'Application.Lease'
error CS0030: Cannot convert type 'Application.CashFlow[]' to 'Application.CashFlow'
...ect.
Can somebody steer me towards what I might be doing wrong with my xsd auto-generating?
