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XML deserialization to object

So i've been trying to deserialize this xml file to some objects, its simple enough but it keeps returning null to the objects, the data that i need is stored inside the attributes of the element.
Here is the XML.
<exchangerates xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" type="Valutakurser" author="Danmarks Nationalbank" refcur="DKK" refamt="1">
<dailyrates id="2020-10-20">
<currency code="AUD" desc="Australske dollar" rate="442,98"/>
<currency code="BGN" desc="Bulgarske lev" rate="380,53"/>
</dailyrates>
And this is the deserialisation code.
public static T DeserializeElement<T>(string filename)
{
try
{
T result;
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T), new
XmlRootAttribute("exchangerates"));
using (TextReader tr = new StringReader(filename))
{
result = (T)serializer.Deserialize(tr);
}
return result;
}
catch { throw; }
}
And these are the objects
[XmlRoot(Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance",
ElementName = "exchangerates",
DataType = "Valutakurser")]
[Serializable]
public class Valutakurser
{
[XmlArray("dailyrates")]
public DateTime Id { get; set; }
public Currency Currency { get; set; }
}
[Serializable]
public class Currency
{
public string Code { get; set; }
public string Desc { get; set; }
public double Rate { get; set; }
public Currency() { }
}
Currently I keep getting this error and everything returned null:
InvalidOperationException: For non-array types, you may use the following attributes: XmlAttribute, XmlText, XmlElement, or XmlAnyElement

Try following :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(FILENAME);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Valutakurser));
Valutakurser valutakurser = (Valutakurser)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
}
}
[XmlRoot(ElementName = "exchangerates")]
public class Valutakurser
{
[XmlAttribute]
public DateTime id { get; set; }
[XmlElement("dailyrates")]
public DailyRates DalyRates { get; set; }
}
public class DailyRates
{
[XmlElement("currency")]
public List<Currency> Currency { get; set; }
}
public class Currency
{
[XmlAttribute]
public string code { get; set; }
[XmlAttribute]
public string desc { get; set; }
[XmlAttribute]
public double rate { get; set; }
public Currency() { }
}
}

Issues Deserializing Xml in C#

I'm following the tutorial given here for deserializing an embedded xml document.
My Xml doc:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ArrayOfAgency xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<DbAgencyDefinition>
<Name>RTD</Name>
<Country>USA</Country>
<City>Denver</City>
<State>CO</State>
<GtfsZipUrlDirectory>http://www.address.com/etc/</GtfsZipUrlDirectory>
<GtfsZipUrlFileName>file_name.zip</GtfsZipUrlFileName>
</DbAgencyDefinition>
</ArrayOfAgency>
My class I'm deserializing to:
public class DbAgencyDefinition
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
public string GtfsZipUrlDirectory { get; set; }
public string GtfsZipUrlFileName { get; set; }
public string State { get; set; }
}
The code that's trying to deserialize the XML to a list of DbAgencyDefinition:
var assembly = IntrospectionExtensions.GetTypeInfo(typeof(DbAgencyDefinition)).Assembly;
Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("MyNamespace.Resources.xml.AgencyDefinitions.xml");
var agencies = new List<DbAgencyDefinition>();
using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<DbAgencyDefinition>));
agencies = (List<DbAgencyDefinition>)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
}
The error I'm getting is:
System.Exception: There is an error in XML document. <ArrayOfAgency xmlns=''> was not expected
I've tried a million things with the XML, marking the class as Serializable, and it always returns this error. I looked at the code samples that the tutorial gives and I can't figure out why I'm getting this error.

VS for Windows, and maybe on Mac as well, has a special tool that will convert copied Xml into autogenerated classes. Now, it's not perfect but if you take your Xml file it generates a couple of classes similar to this:
public class ArrayOfAgency
{
public ArrayOfAgencyDbAgencyDefinition DbAgencyDefinition { get; set; }
}
public class ArrayOfAgencyDbAgencyDefinition
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string State { get; set; }
public string GtfsZipUrlDirectory { get; set; }
public string GtfsZipUrlFileName { get; set; }
}
As you might notice ArrayOfAgency is determined as a class holding a DbAgencyDefinition, which is why it's throwing an error while trying to deserialize it directly into a List<DbAgencyDefinition>. The type and what the serializer is expecting are not quite the same.
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ArrayOfAgency));
var agencies = ((ArrayOfAgency)serializer.Deserialize(reader)).DbAgencyDefinition;
Also, as I mentioned the auto-generation may not be perfect because ArrayOfAgency may need to hold an array instead of a direct class if there can be more than one DbAgencyDefinition possible in Xml.
public class ArrayOfAgency
{
public ArrayOfAgencyDbAgencyDefinition[] DbAgencyDefinition { get; set; }
}
If you need more help or info on Xml Serialization check out the docs.

Try following :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
namespace ConsoleApplication120
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (var reader = new StreamReader(FILENAME, Encoding.UTF8))
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ArrayOfAgency));
ArrayOfAgency agencies = (ArrayOfAgency)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
}
}
}
public class ArrayOfAgency
{
public DbAgencyDefinition DbAgencyDefinition { get; set; }
}
public class DbAgencyDefinition
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
public string GtfsZipUrlDirectory { get; set; }
public string GtfsZipUrlFileName { get; set; }
public string State { get; set; }
}
}

How to return nested xml from web service

I am generating below xml from SQL stored procedure and I want to return the same from web service method. when I tried to read in to dataset and return it its displaying whole thing as one string.
<HrDetails EmployeeLastName="NEUHAUS" EmployeeFirstName="abc" EmployeeID="00182838" ID="45685325" OrganizationCode="H2254" Division="hhs" OfficialPositionTitle="CLINICAL FELLOW" OccupationalSeries="0602" AnualPay="124000.0000">
<abcs>
<abc>
<Amount>0.00</Amount>
<Date>08/07/2018</Date>
</abc>
</abcs>
<xyzs>
<xyz>
<Amount>0</Amount>
<Date>07/01/2018</Date>
</xyz>
<xyz>
<Amount>0</Amount>
<Date>01/07/2018</Date>
</xyz>
<xyz>
<Amount>0</Amount>
<Date>08/07/2018</Date>
</xyz>
</xyzs>
</HrDetails>
Thanks in advance.

Using xml linq :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.IO;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string response = File.ReadAllText(FILENAME);
XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(response);
XElement hrDetails = doc.Root;
HR hr = new HR()
{
employeeLastName = (string)hrDetails.Attribute("EmployeeLastName"),
employeeFirstName = (string)hrDetails.Attribute("EmployeeFirstName"),
employeeID = (string)hrDetails.Attribute("EmployeeID"),
id = (string)hrDetails.Attribute("ID"),
organizationCode = (string)hrDetails.Attribute("OrganizationCode"),
division = (string)hrDetails.Attribute("Division"),
officialPositionTitle = (string)hrDetails.Attribute("OfficialPositionTitle"),
occupationalSeries = (string)hrDetails.Attribute("OccupationalSeries"),
anualPay = (decimal)hrDetails.Attribute("AnualPay")
};
hr.accounts = hrDetails.Elements().Select(x => new Accounts() {
name = x.Name.LocalName, accounts = x.Elements().Select(y => new Account() {
name = y.Name.LocalName,
amount = (decimal)y.Element("Amount"),
date = (DateTime)y.Element("Date")
}).ToList()
}).ToList();
}
}
public class HR
{
public string employeeLastName { get; set;}
public string employeeFirstName { get; set;}
public string employeeID { get; set;}
public string id { get; set;}
public string organizationCode { get; set;}
public string division { get; set;}
public string officialPositionTitle { get; set;}
public string occupationalSeries { get; set;}
public decimal anualPay { get; set;}
public List<Accounts> accounts { get; set; }
}
public class Accounts
{
public string name { get; set; }
public List<Account> accounts { get; set; }
}
public class Account
{
public string name { get; set; }
public decimal amount { get; set; }
public DateTime date { get; set; }
}
}

Write List<object> to XML file with elements and attribute

I have the following class:
[XmlType("supervisor")]
public class Supervisor
{
[XmlAttribute("id")]
public string Id { set; get; }
[XmlElement("Name")]
public string Name { set; get; }
[XmlElement("Contract")]
public int Contracts { set; get; }
[XmlElement("Volume")]
public long Volume { set; get; }
[XmlElement("Average")]
public int Average { set; get; }
}
which reads from XML file:
<digital-sales xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<supervisor id="1236674">
<Name>Hiroki</Name>
<Contract>11</Contract>
<Volume>1036253</Volume>
<Average>94205</Average>
</supervisor>
<supervisor id="123459">
<Name>Ayumi</Name>
<Contract>5</Contract>
<Volume>626038</Volume>
<Average>125208</Average>
</supervisor> ...
</digital-sales>
in the code I create List and process it.
now I want to write the List to XML file while maintaining the
same XML structure. How do I do that?
How to use xml id to fill class object?

Here is the code :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace ConsoleApplication98
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(FILENAME);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(DigitalSales));
DigitalSales digitalSales = (DigitalSales)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
reader.Close();
XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(FILENAME);
serializer.Serialize(writer, digitalSales);
}
}
[XmlRoot("digital-sales")]
public class DigitalSales
{
[XmlElement("supervisor")]
public List<Supervisor> supervisor { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot("supervisor")]
public class Supervisor
{
[XmlAttribute("id")]
public string Id { set; get; }
[XmlElement("Name")]
public string Name { set; get; }
[XmlElement("Contract")]
public int Contracts { set; get; }
[XmlElement("Volume")]
public long Volume { set; get; }
[XmlElement("Average")]
public int Average { set; get; }
}
}

XML conversion to Json and DeserializeObject issue - InfoPath namespaces?

I am looking into loading a large number of InfoPath XML files into Cosmos DB as Json files to test a possible project. But I am struggling with converting the XML files to Json and then loading back into a c# class. I think this is related to the namespace that InfoPath puts into the XML but I'm not sure. I thought at first I should try to remove all the namespace references from the XML but now I'm wondering if I just need to work more on the definition of the class file. To generate the class file I used Visual Studio "paste as Json". I assumed after loading the XML, saving to Json, then using that as the basis for the new class file, I could load right back into the object but when I call DeserializeObject it always ends up null.
Is this because the class file definition needs to be changed or should I instead look to try and clean the XML prior to converting to Json?
Sample XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?mso-infoPathSolution name="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:infopath:myProject:-myXSD-2017-05-05T14-19-13" solutionVersion="1.0.0.2046" productVersion="16.0.0.0" PIVersion="1.0.0.0" href="https://myportal.sharepoint.com/sites/mySite/myProject/Forms/template.xsn"?>
<?mso-application progid="InfoPath.Document" versionProgid="InfoPath.Document.4"?>
<?mso-infoPath-file-attachment-present?>
<my:myFields xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2017-05-05T14:19:13" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:pc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2007/PartnerControls" xmlns:ma="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/metadata/properties/metaAttributes" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2009/WSSList/dataFields" xmlns:q="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2009/WSSList/queryFields" xmlns:dfs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/dataFormSolution" xmlns:dms="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/documentManagement/types" xmlns:tns="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/UserProfileService" xmlns:s1="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/types/" xmlns:http="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/http/" xmlns:tm="http://microsoft.com/wsdl/mime/textMatching/" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:mime="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/mime/" xmlns:soap12="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/" xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:xd="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003" xml:lang="en-US">
<my:Admin>
<my:Routing_Order>
<my:Approver-1_Order>1</my:Approver-1_Order>
<my:Approver-2_Order>5</my:Approver-2_Order>
<my:Approver-3_Order>4</my:Approver-3_Order>
</my:Routing_Order>
</my:Admin>
<my:Request_Status>Save as Draft</my:Request_Status>
<my:Request_Type>CAPEX</my:Request_Type>
</my:myFields>
Class file
namespace xml_to_json
{
public class Rootobject
{
public MyMyfields mymyFields { get; set; }
}
public class MyMyfields
{
public string xmlnsmy { get; set; }
public string xmlnsxsi { get; set; }
public string xmlnsxhtml { get; set; }
public string xmlnspc { get; set; }
public string xmlnsma { get; set; }
public string xmlnsd { get; set; }
public string xmlnsq { get; set; }
public string xmlnsdfs { get; set; }
public string xmlnsdms { get; set; }
public string xmlnstns { get; set; }
public string xmlnss1 { get; set; }
public string xmlnshttp { get; set; }
public string xmlnstm { get; set; }
public string xmlnssoap { get; set; }
public string xmlnssoapenc { get; set; }
public string xmlnsmime { get; set; }
public string xmlnssoap12 { get; set; }
public string xmlnswsdl { get; set; }
public string xmlnsxd { get; set; }
public string xmllang { get; set; }
public MyAdmin myAdmin { get; set; }
public string myRequest_Status { get; set; }
public string myRequest_Type { get; set; }
}
public class MyAdmin
{
public MyRouting_Order myRouting_Order { get; set; }
}
public class MyRouting_Order
{
public string myApprover1_Order { get; set; }
public string myApprover2_Order { get; set; }
public string myApprover3_Order { get; set; }
}
}
Console test code
namespace xml_to_json
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XmlDocument myDoc = new XmlDocument();
string sourcedir = #"C:\Users\mystuff\Downloads\test-clean\";
string xmlfilein = #"test";
string xmlfile = string.Concat(sourcedir, xmlfilein, ".xml");
string jsonfileout = string.Concat(sourcedir, xmlfilein, ".json");
myDoc.Load(xmlfile);
string jsonText = JsonConvert.SerializeXmlNode(myDoc.LastChild);
File.WriteAllText(jsonfileout, jsonText);
Rootobject obj = new Rootobject();
obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Rootobject>(jsonText);
Console.WriteLine(obj.mymyFields.myRequest_Status);
}
}
}

Try code below using xml linq :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
const string FILENAME = #"c:\temp\test.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(FILENAME);
XElement routingOrder = doc.Descendants().Where(x => x.Name.LocalName == "Routing_Order").FirstOrDefault();
Dictionary<string, string> orders = routingOrder.Elements()
.GroupBy(x => x.Name.LocalName, y => (string)y)
.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, y => y.FirstOrDefault());
string status = (string)doc.Descendants().Where(x => x.Name.LocalName == "Request_Status").FirstOrDefault();
string requestType = (string)doc.Descendants().Where(x => x.Name.LocalName == "Request_Type").FirstOrDefault();
}
}
}

Using suggestion from jdweng and XDocument helped to clean the XML file for easier transition to Json. Below is a sample of code I used to clean the document.
XDocument newxdoc = XDocument.Load(xmlfile);
newxdoc.DescendantNodes().Where(e => e.NodeType.ToString().StartsWith("ProcessingInstruction")).Remove();
string newstringdoc = RemoveAllNamespaces(newxdoc.ToString());
newxdoc = XDocument.Parse(newstringdoc);