C# xml schema deserialization with html part as string

Question

My xml looks like this:

<document>
    <body>
        <p>
            <text>asdasdasdasd</text>
        </p>
        <text>  </text>
        <p>
            <text>Bl abloa blasdasdasd</text>
        </p>
    </body>     
</document>

So what i want to do is to parse body element as string.

    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "document")]
    public class Document
    {      
        [XmlElement(ElementName = "body")]
        public string Body { get; set; }   
    }

I've tried [XmlText] and different attributes on like this [XmlText(Type = typeof(string))]

I'm trying to do this directly as a parameter in my controller method:

    [AllowAnonymous]
    [HttpPost]
    [Route("")]
    public async Task SearchResult([FromBody] SearchResultDataContract searchResult)
    {
        try

Were SearchResultDataContract is the document object.

But I haven't managed to find any solutions.

you want whole `....` node as string or only want `` node inside? — er-sho, Feb 05 '19 at 13:55
Easiest would have been the whole body node as a string :) @er-mfahhgk — Daniel Gustafsson, Feb 05 '19 at 13:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '19 at 14:07

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[XmlRoot(ElementName = "document")]
public class Document
{
    [XmlElement("body")]
    public XmlElement Body { get; set; }
}

should work, as long as we're talking about xhtml, not html. You can't deal with string directly, AFAIK - the encoder won't trust you that your xml will always be well-formed - but it trusts XmlElement. You could always add something that shims between the two, if needed.

answered Feb 05 '19 at 14:07

Marc Gravell

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Thanks! I've been trying to do this for hours! Great solution, from xmlelement i can just grab the innerXml to get it as a string. Thanks :) – Daniel Gustafsson Feb 05 '19 at 14:10
Hmm it seems that outerXml only gives me the first node "
" and not the other nodes inside of body... Do you know why?
– Daniel Gustafsson Feb 05 '19 at 14:34
@DanielGustafsson oh eesh, that's vexing; but I guess it makes sense... I ... don't have good solutions in that case; I'll delete this answer – Marc Gravell Feb 05 '19 at 14:35
ooh no :( Thanks anyway! – Daniel Gustafsson Feb 05 '19 at 14:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '19 at 16:05

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I managed to solve this by creating my own extension for the deserialization using this: Deserialize element value as string although it contains mixed content

answered Feb 05 '19 at 16:05

Daniel Gustafsson

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C# xml schema deserialization with html part as string

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