How to Deserialize XML Attributes into objects, then iterate through the objects

How to Deserialize XML Attributes into objects, then iterate through the objects - c#

I would like to be able to 'do things' to the Vehicles in the XML file. Ideally I want to iterate through all the vehicles and do a calculation on their price, and change whether they are OnSale. These values would then be displayed in the UI. My code deserializes the XML file but I am unable to access any of the attributes for the Vehicle. I do not need to serialize the objects back to XML.
I have tried to Console.WriteLine the Price, however when I run the code it is returned as 0. Should I be creating an Array of ResponseGeographyVendorRegionVehicle? and then somehow adding objects of that type to the array?
This is the XML File:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Response>
<Geography>
<Vendor id="JOHN">
<Region id="1"></Region>
<Region id="2">
<Vehicle Make="HONDA" Fuel="Gas" Price="12000" OnSale="Y" Account="JOHNH" />
<Vehicle Make="ACURA" Fuel="Gas" Price="14100" OnSale="Y" Account="JOHNH" />
<Vehicle Make="TOYOTA" Fuel="Gas" Price="8000" OnSale="N" Account="JOHNH" />
<Vehicle Make="HYUNDAI" Fuel="Gas" Price="13000" OnSale="Y" Account="JOHNH" />
<Vehicle Make="INFINITY" Fuel="Gas" Price="16000" OnSale="N" Account="JOHNH" />
</Region>
<Region id="3"></Region>
<Region id="4"></Region>
</Vendor>
</Geography>
</Response>
This is my Program.cs:
namespace XMLDeserializeExample
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string path = #"c:\XMLFile1.xml";
XmlRootAttribute xRoot = new XmlRootAttribute();
xRoot.ElementName = "Response";
XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ResponseGeographyVendorRegionVehicle), xRoot);
ResponseGeographyVendorRegionVehicle i;
using (Stream reader = new FileStream(path,FileMode.Open))
{
i = (ResponseGeographyVendorRegionVehicle)ser.Deserialize(reader);
Console.WriteLine(i.Price);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
}
This is the Paste Special Response.CS file that was created:
namespace XMLDeserializeExample
{
}
// NOTE: Generated code may require at least .NET Framework 4.5 or .NET Core/Standard 2.0.
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class Response
{
private ResponseGeography geographyField;
/// <remarks/>
public ResponseGeography Geography
{
get
{
return this.geographyField;
}
set
{
this.geographyField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class ResponseGeography
{
private ResponseGeographyVendor vendorField;
/// <remarks/>
public ResponseGeographyVendor Vendor
{
get
{
return this.vendorField;
}
set
{
this.vendorField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class ResponseGeographyVendor
{
private ResponseGeographyVendorRegion[] regionField;
private string idField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Region")]
public ResponseGeographyVendorRegion[] Region
{
get
{
return this.regionField;
}
set
{
this.regionField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string id
{
get
{
return this.idField;
}
set
{
this.idField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class ResponseGeographyVendorRegion
{
private ResponseGeographyVendorRegionVehicle[] vehicleField;
private byte idField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Vehicle")]
public ResponseGeographyVendorRegionVehicle[] Vehicle
{
get
{
return this.vehicleField;
}
set
{
this.vehicleField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public byte id
{
get
{
return this.idField;
}
set
{
this.idField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class ResponseGeographyVendorRegionVehicle
{
private string makeField;
private string fuelField;
private ushort priceField;
private string onSaleField;
private string accountField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string Make
{
get
{
return this.makeField;
}
set
{
this.makeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string Fuel
{
get
{
return this.fuelField;
}
set
{
this.fuelField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public ushort Price
{
get
{
return this.priceField;
}
set
{
this.priceField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string OnSale
{
get
{
return this.onSaleField;
}
set
{
this.onSaleField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string Account
{
get
{
return this.accountField;
}
set
{
this.accountField = value;
}
}
}
Please let me know how I can better explain myself. Apologies if none of this makes sense- welcome to my weekend lol.
Thank you.

As your xml-root is obviously a Response instead of a ResponseGeographyVendor you have to de-serialize to that type:
string path = #"c:\XMLFile1.xml";
XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(response);
ResponseGeographyVendor i;
using (Stream reader = new FileStream(path,FileMode.Open))
{
i = ((Response)ser.Deserialize(reader)).Geography.Vendor;
Console.WriteLine(i.Price);
Console.ReadLine();
}
A serializer will only work on the entire xml-document. You can´t just write or read parts of it. So just use the xml, serialize it to an instance of Response and get its Geography-member.
Now you can easily get the 3rd Vehicle within the second Region:
var vehicle = i.Region[1].Vehicle[2];
Notice that you don´t need to provide the xml-root yourself.

You'll want to use the XML Serializer that's built into .Net.
First create a class to represent the XML document data:
public class Response
{
public Geography Geography {get; set;}
}
public class Geography
{
public Vendor Vendor{get;set;}
}
public class Vendor
{
public List<Region> Regions {get;set;}
}
public class Region
{
}
and so on.
Then read the xml as a string and deserialize it:
string myXml = File.ReadAsStringAsync(filepath).Result;
XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Response));
using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(myXml)
{
Response myResponse = ser.Deserialize(reader);
}
Then you can iterate through all the properties and stuff on the Geography object.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns1="urn:Magento" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
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<item xsi:type="ns1:catalogProductEntity">
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</website_ids>
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...[OTHER MANY ITENS]
</storeView>
</ns1:catalogProductListResponse>
</SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
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public class ProductListResponse
{
// NOTE: Generated code may require at least .NET Framework 4.5 or .NET Core/Standard 2.0.
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class Envelope
{
private EnvelopeBody bodyField;
private string encodingStyleField;
/// <remarks/>
public EnvelopeBody Body
{
get
{
return this.bodyField;
}
set
{
this.bodyField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(Form = System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Qualified)]
public string encodingStyle
{
get
{
return this.encodingStyleField;
}
set
{
this.encodingStyleField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")]
public partial class EnvelopeBody
{
private catalogProductListResponse catalogProductListResponseField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "urn:Magento")]
public catalogProductListResponse catalogProductListResponse
{
get
{
return this.catalogProductListResponseField;
}
set
{
this.catalogProductListResponseField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "urn:Magento")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "urn:Magento", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class catalogProductListResponse
{
private storeView storeViewField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("storeView")]
public storeView storeView
{
get
{
return this.storeViewField;
}
set
{
this.storeViewField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName = "catalogProductEntityArray")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class storeView
{
private storeViewItem[] itemField;
private string arrayTypeField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("item")]
public storeViewItem[] item
{
get
{
return this.itemField;
}
set
{
this.itemField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(Form = System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Qualified, Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/")]
public string arrayType
{
get
{
return this.arrayTypeField;
}
set
{
this.arrayTypeField = value;
}
}
}
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[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName = "catalogProductEntity")]
public partial class storeViewItem
{
private ushort product_idField;
private string skuField;
private string nameField;
private byte setField;
private string typeField;
private storeViewItemCategory_ids category_idsField;
private storeViewItemWebsite_ids website_idsField;
/// <remarks/>
public ushort product_id
{
get
{
return this.product_idField;
}
set
{
this.product_idField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(IsNullable = true)]
public string sku
{
get
{
return this.skuField;
}
set
{
this.skuField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string name
{
get
{
return this.nameField;
}
set
{
this.nameField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public byte set
{
get
{
return this.setField;
}
set
{
this.setField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string type
{
get
{
return this.typeField;
}
set
{
this.typeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public storeViewItemCategory_ids category_ids
{
get
{
return this.category_idsField;
}
set
{
this.category_idsField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public storeViewItemWebsite_ids website_ids
{
get
{
return this.website_idsField;
}
set
{
this.website_idsField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class storeViewItemCategory_ids
{
private byte[] itemField;
private string arrayTypeField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("item")]
public byte[] item
{
get
{
return this.itemField;
}
set
{
this.itemField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(Form = System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Qualified, Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/")]
public string arrayType
{
get
{
return this.arrayTypeField;
}
set
{
this.arrayTypeField = value;
}
}
}
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[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
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{
private byte itemField;
private string arrayTypeField;
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{
get
{
return this.itemField;
}
set
{
this.itemField = value;
}
}
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[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute(Form = System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Qualified, Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/")]
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{
get
{
return this.arrayTypeField;
}
set
{
this.arrayTypeField = value;
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The function that deserializes is being executed, however, the storeView attribute is null, even having child nodes inside it in the XML.
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/// <remarks/>
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get
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get
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get
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get
{
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}
set
{
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get
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set
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get
{
return this.qualifierField;
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set
{
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get
{
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set
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get
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set
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get
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get
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get
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{
get
{
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}
set
{
this.methodField = value;
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}
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{
get
{
return this.roleField;
}
set
{
this.roleField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
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{
get
{
return this.valueField;
}
set
{
this.valueField = value;
}
}
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/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public partial class GovTalkMessageGovTalkDetails
{
private GovTalkMessageGovTalkDetailsKeys keysField;
/// <remarks/>
public GovTalkMessageGovTalkDetailsKeys Keys
{
get
{
return this.keysField;
}
set
{
this.keysField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public partial class GovTalkMessageGovTalkDetailsKeys
{
private GovTalkMessageGovTalkDetailsKeysKey keyField;
/// <remarks/>
public GovTalkMessageGovTalkDetailsKeysKey Key
{
get
{
return this.keyField;
}
set
{
this.keyField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public partial class GovTalkMessageGovTalkDetailsKeysKey
{
private string typeField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string Type
{
get
{
return this.typeField;
}
set
{
this.typeField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public partial class GovTalkMessageBody
{
private Envelope envelopeField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope")]
public Envelope Envelope
{
get
{
return this.envelopeField;
}
set
{
this.envelopeField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class Envelope
{
private EnvelopeBody bodyField;
/// <remarks/>
public EnvelopeBody Body
{
get
{
return this.bodyField;
}
set
{
this.bodyField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope")]
public partial class EnvelopeBody
{
private getGenericDrugsResponse getGenericDrugsResponseField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "http://webservice.sirkb/")]
public getGenericDrugsResponse getGenericDrugsResponse
{
get
{
return this.getGenericDrugsResponseField;
}
set
{
this.getGenericDrugsResponseField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://webservice.sirkb/")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "http://webservice.sirkb/", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class getGenericDrugsResponse
{
private #return returnField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public #return #return
{
get
{
return this.returnField;
}
set
{
this.returnField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class #return
{
private returnDRUG[] dRUGField;
private string rETURN_STATUSField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("DRUG")]
public returnDRUG[] DRUG
{
get
{
return this.dRUGField;
}
set
{
this.dRUGField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string RETURN_STATUS
{
get
{
return this.rETURN_STATUSField;
}
set
{
this.rETURN_STATUSField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public partial class returnDRUG
{
private string dOSAGEField;
private ushort gENERIC_DRUG_IDField;
private string gENERIC_DRUG_NAMEField;
private string pHARMACEUTICAL_FORMField;
/// <remarks/>
public string DOSAGE
{
get
{
return this.dOSAGEField;
}
set
{
this.dOSAGEField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public ushort GENERIC_DRUG_ID
{
get
{
return this.gENERIC_DRUG_IDField;
}
set
{
this.gENERIC_DRUG_IDField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string GENERIC_DRUG_NAME
{
get
{
return this.gENERIC_DRUG_NAMEField;
}
set
{
this.gENERIC_DRUG_NAMEField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string PHARMACEUTICAL_FORM
{
get
{
return this.pHARMACEUTICAL_FORMField;
}
set
{
this.pHARMACEUTICAL_FORMField = value;
}
}
}
I get the following error:
System.InvalidOperationException: 'There is an error in XML document (33, 14).'
Inner Exception
InvalidOperationException: The specified type was not recognized:
name='genericDrug', namespace='http://webservice.sirkb/', at http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope'>.
I have noticed from this thread that if I remove xsi:type="ns2:genericDrug" from the XML file I can deserialize the XML. I can't modify the XML because it is the response I get for the request. It is not a good practice to do a string replace on XML, so I am looking for a better solution.
This might be a duplicate question from this one, but since I am not able to solve the problem I am posting it again because it is difficult to get help in the comment section.
Based on the above question I have tried to change the annotation of public partial class returnDRUG
from
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
to
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance", TypeName = "genericDrug")]
but still cant parse the XML.
The parsing code is simple
var deserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(GovTalkMessage));
TextReader textReader = new StreamReader("drug.xml"); //saved response in file for simplicity
GovTalkMessage response;
response = (GovTalkMessage)deserializer.Deserialize(textReader);
textReader.Close();
What can I do to deserialize the XML in the GovTalkMessage object?

You need to change the decoration on the returnDRUG class
from this
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public partial class returnDRUG
to this
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName = "genericDrug", Namespace = "http://webservice.sirkb/")]
public partial class returnDRUG
Specify it's type as "genericDrug", and the crucial bit, correct it's namespace to "http://webservice.sirkb/"
I've just used you code and managed to de-serialize using this change.
The explanation is that if you take a look at the definition of DRUG you can see that it's type is defined as "genericDRUG" in the namespace alias "ns2"
<DRUG xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns2:genericDrug">
if you look at the definition of the ns2 alias you can see that it's "http://webservice.sirkb/"
<ns2:getGenericDrugsResponse xmlns:ns2="http://webservice.sirkb/">
Some addition to prevent default values for DRUG objects
Every property of the returnDrug class should have the namespace http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope.
The complete class should have the following form:
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName = "genericDrug", Namespace = "http://webservice.sirkb/")]
public partial class returnDRUG
{
private string dOSAGEField;
private ushort gENERIC_DRUG_IDField;
private string gENERIC_DRUG_NAMEField;
private string pHARMACEUTICAL_FORMField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public string DOSAGE
{
get
{
return this.dOSAGEField;
}
set
{
this.dOSAGEField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public ushort GENERIC_DRUG_ID
{
get
{
return this.gENERIC_DRUG_IDField;
}
set
{
this.gENERIC_DRUG_IDField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public string GENERIC_DRUG_NAME
{
get
{
return this.gENERIC_DRUG_NAMEField;
}
set
{
this.gENERIC_DRUG_NAMEField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CM/envelope")]
public string PHARMACEUTICAL_FORM
{
get
{
return this.pHARMACEUTICAL_FORMField;
}
set
{
this.pHARMACEUTICAL_FORMField = value;
}
}
}

Error Deserializing XML Document 1,2

I'm having trouble de-serializing an XML document.
<rules version="61">
<emie>
<domain exclude="false">facebook.com</domain>
<domain exclude="false">google.com</domain>
<domain exclude="false">bbc.co.uk</domain>
</emie>
<docMode>
<domain docMode="7">outlook.com</domain>
<domain docMode="7">yahoo.com</domain>
</docMode>
</rules>
I've copied and pasted into visual studio - using the Paste XML as class and that's created the following class
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class rules
{
private rulesDomain[] emieField;
private rulesDomain1[] docModeField;
private byte versionField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlArrayItemAttribute("domain", IsNullable = false)]
public rulesDomain[] emie
{
get
{
return this.emieField;
}
set
{
this.emieField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlArrayItemAttribute("domain", IsNullable = false)]
public rulesDomain1[] docMode
{
get
{
return this.docModeField;
}
set
{
this.docModeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public byte version
{
get
{
return this.versionField;
}
set
{
this.versionField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class rulesDomain
{
private bool excludeField;
private string valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public bool exclude
{
get
{
return this.excludeField;
}
set
{
this.excludeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public string Value
{
get
{
return this.valueField;
}
set
{
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class rulesDomain1
{
private string docModeField;
private string valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string docMode
{
get
{
return this.docModeField;
}
set
{
this.docModeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public string Value
{
get
{
return this.valueField;
}
set
{
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
I then run the following code to deserialise
XmlSerializer mySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(XmlSerializer));
Classes.rules r;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(#"file.xml"))
{
r = (Classes.rules)mySerializer.Deserialize(reader);
}
It's errors on the line r =... {" was not expected."}
I'm pretty certain the error lies in the class and the declarations at the top but I haven't been able to change it so it works, could anyone help?

Change
XmlSerializer mySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(XmlSerializer));
to
XmlSerializer mySerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Classes.rules));
Its parameter is type of the object that this XmlSerializer can serialize.

Parse XML with Namespaces C#

After Posting to a certain URL, I get the following Response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soapenv:Body>
<soapenv:Fault>
<faultcode>123</faultcode>
<faultstring>Lorem Ipsum</faultstring>
<detail>
<ns1:Service xmlns:ns1="http://www.bla.org/">
<messageId>321</messageId>
<text>Test Text</text>
<variables>19</variables>
<variables>20</variables>
</ns1:Service>
</detail>
</soapenv:Fault>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
I want to Parse it and use the Values
I tried to Parse the XmlString to the following Class:
public class ClassXml
{
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class Envelope
{
private EnvelopeBody bodyField;
/// <remarks/>
public EnvelopeBody Body
{
get
{
return this.bodyField;
}
set
{
this.bodyField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")]
public partial class EnvelopeBody
{
private EnvelopeBodyFault faultField;
/// <remarks/>
public EnvelopeBodyFault Fault
{
get
{
return this.faultField;
}
set
{
this.faultField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/")]
public partial class EnvelopeBodyFault
{
private string faultcodeField;
private string faultstringField;
private detail detailField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "")]
public string faultcode
{
get
{
return this.faultcodeField;
}
set
{
this.faultcodeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "")]
public string faultstring
{
get
{
return this.faultstringField;
}
set
{
this.faultstringField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "")]
public detail detail
{
get
{
return this.detailField;
}
set
{
this.detailField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class detail
{
private Service serviceField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.bla.org/")]
public Service Service
{
get
{
return this.serviceField;
}
set
{
this.serviceField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.bla.org/")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.bla.org/", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class Service
{
private string messageIdField;
private string textField;
private ulong[] variablesField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "")]
public string messageId
{
get
{
return this.messageIdField;
}
set
{
this.messageIdField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace = "")]
public string text
{
get
{
return this.textField;
}
set
{
this.textField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("variables", Namespace = "")]
public ulong[] variables
{
get
{
return this.variablesField;
}
set
{
this.variablesField = value;
}
}
}
}
But I got the error:
Exception Occured while trying to parse XML String
<Envelope xmlns='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'> was not expected.
Apparently I can't parse an XML with namespaces like I parse a normal XML
How can I parse this one and get the values?
Any help would be appreciated

Deserialize nested level XML

I am trying to retrieve data from Zoho API and then I want to Deserialize a returned data in an object.
The XML structure:
<response uri="/crm/private/xml/Potentials/getSearchRecords">
<result>
<Potentials>
<row no="1">
<FL val="POTENTIALID">0000000000000</FL>
<FL val="SMOWNERID">000000000000</FL>
.......
</row>
<row no="2">
.......
</row>
</Potentials>
</result>
</response>
And here what I tried but didn't succeed.
[Serializable()]
public class ZohoXML
{
public ZohoXML() { }
[XmlElement("POTENTIALID")]
public string POTENTIALID { get; set; }
........
}
[XmlRoot("response")]
public class Response
{
[XmlElement("result")]
public Result[] ResultList { get; set; }
}
public class Result
{
[XmlArray("Potentials"), XmlArrayItem("row")]
public Row[] RowList { get; set; }
}
[XmlRoot("row")]
public class Row
{
[XmlArray("Potentials")]
[XmlArrayItem("row", typeof(ZohoXML))]
public ZohoXML[] ZohoXML { get; set; }
}
And this is how I deserialize:
Response ZohoXMLCollection = null;
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer serializer = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(Response));
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(strFile);
ZohoXMLCollection = (Response)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
reader.Close();
Can anybody please help on identifying an issue in the code ?

If you are using a newer version of VS you can use Edit > Paste Special > Paste XML as Classes in the edit menu. Assuming your XML structure is correct this will give you:
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class response
{
private responseResult resultField;
private string uriField;
/// <remarks/>
public responseResult result
{
get
{
return this.resultField;
}
set
{
this.resultField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string uri
{
get
{
return this.uriField;
}
set
{
this.uriField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class responseResult
{
private responseResultRow[] potentialsField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlArrayItemAttribute("row", IsNullable = false)]
public responseResultRow[] Potentials
{
get
{
return this.potentialsField;
}
set
{
this.potentialsField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class responseResultRow
{
private responseResultRowFL[] flField;
private byte noField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("FL")]
public responseResultRowFL[] FL
{
get
{
return this.flField;
}
set
{
this.flField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public byte no
{
get
{
return this.noField;
}
set
{
this.noField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class responseResultRowFL
{
private string valField;
private byte valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string val
{
get
{
return this.valField;
}
set
{
this.valField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public byte Value
{
get
{
return this.valueField;
}
set
{
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
You will want to clean up the names but for now this is fine.
Then your de-serialization will look like this:
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(response));
response res = new response();
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(fileLocation))
{
res = serializer.Deserialize(reader) as response;
}
Note that StreamReader implements the IDisposable interface so should be used within a using block to ensure automatic disposable of resources.

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