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The XML Schema Definition (Xsd.exe) tool generates XML schema or common language runtime classes from XDR, XML, and XSD files, or from classes in a runtime assembly. It is a part of the Microsoft .NET SDK.

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How to generate a List instead of an array in C# with xsd.exe

I have an XML schema .xsd file and generate my file with all the C# classes with the xsd.exe tool. If I have a sequence of elements within an XML tag, that would be represented in C# with an array. The fail is obvious. How can I generate Lists…
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XmlSerialization and xsi:SchemaLocation (xsd.exe)

I used xsd.exe to generate a C# class for reading/writing GPX files. How do I get the resultant XML file to include the xsi:schemaLocation attribute eg. I want the following but xsi:schemaLocation is always missing
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How to read XML into a class/classes that matches its xsd

So I have an XSD and a webservice that delivers in that same format. Now I could go ahead and read the xml into a document, create my objects from the class etc... But I am thinking, there must be some easier way to do that. Am I right? ;) Yahoo…
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Is there an XSD for XSD's, a Meta-XSD?

Does there exist an Xml schema that will validate other XML schemas? What I want to do is take such a meta-schema (if it exists) and run it through XSD.EXE so that I can use C# classes to read an arbitrary XML schema and analyze it.
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Classes Generated with XSD.exe Custom Class Names

Is it possible to have any control over the class names that get generated with the .Net XSD.exe tool?
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XSD tool appends "Specified" to certain properties/fields when generating C# code

I got a strange behaviour with the XSD generator I can't really explain. I got an XSD like this: …
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xmlserializer validation

I'm using XmlSerializer to deserialize Xml achives. But I found the class xsd.exe generated only offers capability to read the xml, but no validation. For example, if one node is missing in a document, the attribute field of the generated class will…
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Can we control type name in xsd.exe tool generated class

xsd.exe tool generates classes for given xsd file. It follows a pattern for naming the type. For example, xsd.exe /c…
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Trouble with XML Deserialization into XSD generated classes

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): ... …
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XSD Gen Classes That Reference a Common Type

I am using XSD's to define my DTO types in C#. I am using XSD.exe to gen the classes from the XSD's. I have a Common.xsd that defines an Address type and I want to use this in more than one class: …
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Cannot generate classes because no top-level elements with complex type where found

I am trying to create a class from a xsd file using the XSD.EXE tool. but for some reason i get this error. Warning: cannot generate classes because no top-level elements with complex type were found. I have looked around on stack and seen that…
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AutoMapper and is*Specified properties

I have a bunch of XSD.exe-generated data contract classes which for all optional elements have a pair of C# properties like int Amount {get; set;} bool isAmountSpecified {get; set;} On the other side of mapping arena I have a nullable int like int?…
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XML Serialization of the default values of optional attributes

I have a set of classes build using xsd.exe, and I am trying to serialise them. However, an attribute is not being included in the resulting XML. Here is part of the schema where the problem lies. …
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Pascal case class names when generating code with Visual Studio xsd.exe

Title pretty much says it all. VS xsd.exe creates classes in camel case. Is there a way of generating the classes in pascal case? If not does anyone know of a good tool to convert a load of class names from camel case to pascal…
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Generate a class from xsd file in net core

I need to generate a class from an xsd in net core. In dotnet standard I used commandline xsd filename.xsd /c. But how to I create this class in net core. Anyone knows how to do this? When I add a class generated with xsd.exe I get several…
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