I use the following method to deserialize the objects data from xml. The variable exportExclusions got created with the right number of child objects but all of them have null value properties.
Public Sub LoadExportExclusionsFromXMLFile()
Try
Dim settings As XmlReaderSettings = New XmlReaderSettings()
settings.DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Parse
exportExclusions = New ExportExclusions()
Dim reader = XmlReader.Create("../../../ExportExclusions.xml", settings)
Dim serializer = New System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(exportExclusions.GetType())
exportExclusions = DirectCast(serializer.Deserialize(reader), ExportExclusions)
reader.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
and here is the xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ExportExclusions>
<!--Schema Begin-->
<xs:schema id="ExportExclusions" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<!-- Attributes -->
<xs:attribute name="Name" type="xs:string" />
<xs:attribute name="FullyQualifiedName" type="xs:string" />
<xs:attribute name="Export" type="xs:boolean"/>
<!--Attribute Groups-->
<xs:attributeGroup name="Exportable">
<xs:attribute ref="Name" use ="required"/>
<xs:attribute ref="Export" use ="required"/>
</xs:attributeGroup>
<xs:attributeGroup name="ExportableClass">
<xs:attribute ref="FullyQualifiedName" use="optional"/>
<xs:attributeGroup ref="Exportable"/>
</xs:attributeGroup>
<!-- Elements -->
<xs:element name="Property">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:attributeGroup ref="Exportable"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Member">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:attributeGroup ref="Exportable"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Members">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:element ref="Member" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Properties">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:element ref="Property" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ClassExclusion">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:element ref="Properties" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xs:element ref="Members" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attributeGroup ref="ExportableClass"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ClassExclusions">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:element ref="ClassExclusion" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="GlobalExclusions">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:element ref="Properties" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xs:element ref="Members" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ExportExclusions">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="GlobalExclusions" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xs:element ref="ClassExclusions" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
<!--Schema End-->
<!--Data Begin-->
<GlobalExclusions>
<Properties>
<Property Name="CurrentPathGid" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="AllowChanges" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="CanRaiseChangeEvents" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="CanRaiseEvents" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Changed" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Delete" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Deleted" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Expired" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="FormControlsAreLoaded" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="HasFormControls" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="IdInstance" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="IsDeleted" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="isNewAction" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="IsPopupWindowsLoaded" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Loaded" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="LoadedTime" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Modified" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Nuevo" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="ObjectTypeId" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="ObjectTypeLid" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="SavedVersionId" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Saving" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="SourceIsLoaded" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="SuspendDeleteIndex" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="TypeId" Export="false"/>
</Properties>
<Members/>
</GlobalExclusions>
<ClassExclusions>
<ClassExclusion Name="X" FullyQualifiedName="XYZ" Export="true">
<Properties>
<Property Name="Length" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Value" Export="false"/>
</Properties>
<Members/>
</ClassExclusion>
<ClassExclusion Name="X1" FullyQualifiedName="XYZ1" Export="true">
<Properties>
<Property Name="LocationToClient" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="DataSnapshotId" Export="false"/>
</Properties>
<Members/>
</ClassExclusion>
<ClassExclusion Name="X2" FullyQualifiedName="XYZ2" Export="true">
<Properties>
<Property Name="Parent" Export="false"/>
</Properties>
<Members/>
</ClassExclusion>
<ClassExclusion Name="X3" FullyQualifiedName="XYZ3" Export="true">
<Properties>
<Property Name="Text" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Upgraded" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="LoadedTime" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="Id" Export="false"/>
<Property Name="WorkingSection" Export="false"/>
</Properties>
<Members>
<Member Name="ObjectTypeId" Export="false" />
</Members>
</ClassExclusion>
</ClassExclusions>
<!--Data End-->
</ExportExclusions>
