I've been given a number of XSD files - they are HUGE - for an insurance pricing engine, so as you can imagine, contain lots of nested complex types. Person, Address, Vehicles, Car Alarm, Speeding Convictions etc etc. Here's a subset containing a single complex type:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xs:complexType name="Vehicle">
<xs:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:element name="ABICode" type="ABICode" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="ABSBrakes" type="ABSBrakes" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="AgedOver" type="AgedOver" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="AlarmSecurityFitted" type="AlarmSecurityFitted" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="AlarmSecurityMake" type="AlarmSecurityMake" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="AudioValue" type="AudioValue" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="CarPhoneValue" type="CarPhoneValue" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Colour" type="Colour" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="CountryOfManufacture" type="CountryOfManufacture" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="CoverType" type="CoverType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="CurrentMileage" type="CurrentMileage" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Doors" type="Doors" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="EngineSize" type="EngineSize" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="EstimatedValue" type="EstimatedValue" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Finish" type="Finish" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="FuelType" type="FuelType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="HasSecurity" type="HasSecurity" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="ImmobSecurityFitted" type="ImmobSecurityFitted" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="ImmobSecurityMake" type="ImmobSecurityMake" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Keeper" type="Keeper" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Lhd" type="Lhd" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Modified" type="Modified" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="NCBCountry" type="NCBCountry" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="NCBProtected" type="NCBProtected" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="NCBType" type="NCBType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="NCBYears" type="NCBYears" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="NightLocation" type="NightLocation" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Owner" type="Owner" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="OvernightPostCode" type="OvernightPostCode" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="PermittedDrivers" type="PermittedDrivers" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="PricePaid" type="PricePaid" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="PurchaseDate" type="PurchaseDate" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Registration" type="Registration" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Seats" type="Seats" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="TrackerSecurityFitted" type="TrackerSecurityFitted" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="TrackerSecurityMake" type="TrackerSecurityMake" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Transmission" type="Transmission" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Type" type="Type" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Windscreen" type="Windscreen" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="YearManufacture" type="YearManufacture" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="Modification" type="Modification" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="5"/>
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
I've successfully used xsd.exe and xsd2code to generate classes based on the schema definiitions, however, the classes that have been produced are not strongly typed, and contain arrays of Objects such as this:
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Xml", "4.6.1064.2")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
public partial class Vehicle
{
private object[] _items;
private ItemsChoiceType4[] _itemsElementName;
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("ABICode", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("ABSBrakes", typeof(ABSBrakes))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("AgedOver", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("AlarmSecurityFitted", typeof(AlarmSecurityFitted))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("AlarmSecurityMake", typeof(AlarmSecurityMake))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("AudioValue", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("CarPhoneValue", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Colour", typeof(Colour))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("CountryOfManufacture", typeof(CountryOfManufacture))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("CoverType", typeof(CoverType))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("CurrentMileage", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Doors", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("EngineSize", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("EstimatedValue", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Finish", typeof(Finish))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("FuelType", typeof(FuelType))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("HasSecurity", typeof(HasSecurity))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("ImmobSecurityFitted", typeof(ImmobSecurityFitted))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("ImmobSecurityMake", typeof(ImmobSecurityMake))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Keeper", typeof(Keeper))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Lhd", typeof(Lhd))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Modification", typeof(Modification))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Modified", typeof(Modified))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("NCBCountry", typeof(NCBCountry))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("NCBProtected", typeof(NCBProtected))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("NCBType", typeof(NCBType))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("NCBYears", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("NightLocation", typeof(NightLocation))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("OvernightPostCode", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Owner", typeof(Owner))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("PermittedDrivers", typeof(PermittedDrivers))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("PricePaid", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("PurchaseDate", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Registration", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Seats", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("TrackerSecurityFitted", typeof(TrackerSecurityFitted))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("TrackerSecurityMake", typeof(TrackerSecurityMake))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Transmission", typeof(Transmission))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Type", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Windscreen", typeof(Windscreen))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("YearManufacture", typeof(string))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute("ItemsElementName")]
public object[] Items
{
get
{
return this._items;
}
set
{
this._items = value;
}
}
Ideally I would like the Vehicle class to have a number of properties which are instances of other classes so that I can use automapper to map from my domain model to the request object, serialize to XML and send the request.
But the way these types have been created, I have lost any information about the structure of the request object I need to build. Everything will need to be mapped explicitly property by property. And yet despite fiddling with all the settings in xsd2code and switches of xsd.exe I can't seem to get it to generate anything like what I want.
Is there a way to do what I want, or do I need to change my approach?
