I’m developing an application where I use wcf services . I use the web service the organization offer to:
The elements in the xsd are structured as this:
Schema
(Pleas ignore if something is left out in the xsd - it is there just so I can explain my problem better)
My question is, how should I generate the xml based on the xsd? Shoud I deserialize the xsd (with xsd.exe) so I get a class, create object of that class and populate it with data, and then serialize the object back to xml or should I keeping everything in the form of an in-memory XML document like this:
The xsd schema change once a year, but mostly small changes.
What are the best approach for me, and why?
Thanks in advance!
- Send an xml schema populated with data
- Get a list of available web services
- Get a specific xsd schema
- Get a xsd schema form the authority and use this xsd to generate a xml populated with data
- Call the webservice where I can specify a number for a specific xsd schema , and get the xsd schema in return. Then I can validat my xml schema against it before I send it to the authority
- Use a web service where my xml string is in a string property of the wcf service and I send the xml file to the authority
VB.NET:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:br="http://www.br.se/or" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<!--title='Tittle' lang='E'-->
<xs:element name="Schema">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:txt br:lang="E" br:txttype="LEDE">
<p>Some text</p>
</br:txt>
</xs:documentation>
<xs:documentation>
…………………………
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="Information"/>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="Payer"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute fixed="105" name="numberr" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
<xs:attribute fixed="10360" name="externalnumberr" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
<xs:attribute fixed="Title" name="title" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
<xs:attribute fixed="4895" name="groupid" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="optional"/>
<xs:attribute name="id" use="optional">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:enumeration value="761065">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>Text</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:attribute>
<xs:anyAttribute/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Info">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:txt br:lang="E" br:txttype="LEDE">
<p>Some Text</p>
</br:txt>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="Task">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:txt br:lang="E" br:txttype="LEDE">
<p>Some text</p>
</br:txt>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element ref="Year">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:txt br:lang="E" br:txttype="LEDE">
<p>Some Text</p>
</br:txt>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="Taskowner"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute fixed="4877" name="id" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="TaskSpesialTask">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:info br:type="some txt">1</br:info>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleContent>
<xs:extension base="List1">
<xs:attribute fixed="212" name="schemaid" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:simpleType name="List2">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:info br:type="id">2</br:info>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:length value="1"/>
<xs:enumeration value="1">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:txt br:lang="E" br:txttype="LEDE">
<p>Some text</p>
</br:txt>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
<xs:enumeration value="2">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:txt br:lang="E" br:txttype="LEDE">
<p>Some text</p>
</br:txt>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:element name="Year">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:info br:type="pl">2</br:info>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleContent>
<xs:extension base="Format">
<xs:attribute fixed="692" name="schemaid" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:simpleType name="Format">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:info br:type="id">6</br:info>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:restriction base="xs:gYear"/>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:element name="TaskOwner">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:txt br:lang="E" br:txttype="LEDE">
<p>Some Text</p>
</br:txt>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="TaskoOwnerNumber">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="TaskOwnerName">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="TaskOwnerAdress
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="TaskOwnerPhone">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="TaskOwnerEmail">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute fixed="48" name="id" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="TaskOwnerNumber">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleContent>
<xs:extension base="TextFormat">
<xs:attribute fixed="21" name="id" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:simpleType name="TextFormat">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:info br:type="id">1</br:info>
</xs:documentation>
<xs:documentation>
<br:txt br:lang="E" br:txttype="F">
<p>Wrong number</p>
</brreg:tekst>
</xs:documentation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:length value="9"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:element name="TaskOwner name">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleContent>
<xs:extension base="TextFormat">
<xs:attribute fixed="2" name="id" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="TaskOwner Adress">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
And so on for phone and email
<xs:element name="Payers">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element maxOccurs="20000" minOccurs="0" ref="PayersInfo"/>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="PaymentTotal">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="NumberOfPayers">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute fixed="410" name="id" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PayersInfo">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="PayerBirthNumber">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="PayerNumber">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="PayerBirthDay">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="PayerName">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="PayerAdress">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="PayerPhone">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="PayerEmail">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="PayerSum">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute fixed="48" name="id" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PayerBirthNumber">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleContent>
<xs:extension base="TextFormat">
<xs:attribute fixed="2305" name="id" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:simpleType name="TextFormat">
<xs:annotation>
</xs:annotation>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:length value="11"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
And som on for PayerNumber, PayerBirthDay, PAYerNAMe, PayerAdress, PayerPhone, PayerEmail…..
</xs:schema>
The elements in the xsd are structured as this:
Schema
Info
Year
TaskOwner
TaskOwnerName
TaskOwnerAdress
TaskOwnerPhone
TaskOwnerEmail
TaskOwnerNumber
Task
TaskSpecialTask
TaskOrdinaryTask
Payers
PaymentTotal
NumberOfPayers
PayersInfo (list of payers)
PayerBirtNumber
PayerBirthDay
PayerName
PayerAdress
PayerPhone
PayerEmail
(Pleas ignore if something is left out in the xsd - it is there just so I can explain my problem better)
My question is, how should I generate the xml based on the xsd? Shoud I deserialize the xsd (with xsd.exe) so I get a class, create object of that class and populate it with data, and then serialize the object back to xml or should I keeping everything in the form of an in-memory XML document like this:
VB.NET:
Imports System.Xml
Imports <xmlns:xsi=http://..........>
Dim xmlDocument =
<Schema xsi:noSchemaNamespaceLocation=./relativePathTo/MySchema.xsd”>
<Info>
……. …..
The xsd schema change once a year, but mostly small changes.
What are the best approach for me, and why?
Thanks in advance!
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