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How to load XML data to a data structure?

I have the following XML document
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"?>
<flights_for_sale>
<ad id="0001" createdon ="11/02/20" expireson="12/02/20">
<aircraft id="A10">
<year> 1977 </year>
<make> <![CDATA[&c;]]> </make>
<model> Skyhawk </model>
<color> Light blue and white </color>
<description>
New paint, nearly new interior,
685 hours SMOH, full IFR King avionics
</description>
<price> 23,495 </price>
</aircraft>
<seller id = "s001" phone="123-123-123"> Skyway Aircraft </seller>
<seller id = "s002" phone="123-123-222"> Boeing </seller>
<seller id = "s003" phone="123-123-233"> McDouglas </seller>
<membership id="1000" from="12/03/16" to="12/03/18" no="M0001">Silver</membership>
<membership id="1000" from="12/03/16" to="12/03/18" no="M0002">Gold</membership>
<membership id="1000" from="12/03/16" to="12/03/18" no="M0003">Platinum</membership>
<location>
<city> Rapid City, </city>
<state> South Dakota </state>
</location>
</ad>
<ad id="002" createdon ="11/05/20" expireson="12/05/20">
<aircraft>
<year> 1965 </year>
<make> &p; </make>
<model> Cherokee </model>
<color> Gold </color>
<description>
240 hours SMOH, dual NAVCOMs, DME,
new Cleveland brakes, great shape
</description>
</aircraft>
<seller phone="555-333-2222" email="jseller#www.axl.com" id="s004">John Seller</seller>
<membership id="1000" from="12/03/16" to="12/03/18" no="M0020">State Membership</membership>
<membership id="1000" from="12/03/16" to="12/03/18" no="M0002">Gold</membership>
<location>
<city> St. Joseph, </city>
<state> Missouri </state>
</location>
</ad>
</flights_for_sale>
I have the following C# classes
class Advert2
{
public int? Id { get; set; }
public DateTime? CreatedOn { get; set; }
public DateTime? ExpiresOn { get; set; }
public Aircraft MyAircraft { get; set; }
public List<Seller2> MySellers { get; set; }
public List<Membership> MyMemberships { get; set; }
public Advert2()
{
MySellers = new List<Seller2>();
MyMemberships = new List<Membership>();
MyAircraft = new Aircraft();
}
}
class Seller2
{
public int? Id { get; set; }
public string SellerName { get; set; }
public string Phone { get; set; }
}
class Membership
{
public int? Id { get; set; }
public string MembershipNumber { get; set; }
public DateTime? From { get; set; }
public DateTime? To { get; set; }
public String MemberType { get; set; }
}
class Aircraft {
public string Make { get; set; }
public string Model { get; set; }
public decimal? Price { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
}
Then i have used the following two methods to parse XML elements and attributes ( check for NULLs )
public static class XMLCommons
{
public static string TryGetElementValue(this XElement parentEl, string elementName, string defaultValue = null)
{
var foundEl = parentEl.Element(elementName);
if (foundEl != null)
{
return foundEl.Value;
}
return defaultValue;
}
public static string TryGetAttribtueValue(this XElement parentEl, string elementName, string attrName, string defaultValue = null)
{
var foundEl = parentEl.Element(elementName);
if (foundEl != null) {
//check attribute exists
var foundAttr = foundEl.Attribute(attrName);
if (foundAttr != null)
{
return foundAttr.Value;
}
}
return defaultValue;
}
}
Then i have written the following code to read element/attributes on the XML, and populate data to the Advert2 object structure
var xmlPath2 = System.IO.Path.Combine("../../../data/" + "XMLFile2.xml");
var xml2 = XDocument.Load(xmlPath2);
var query2 = xml2.Root.Descendants("ad").Select(n => new Advert2 {
Id = Convert.ToInt32(n.Parent.TryGetAttribtueValue("ad", "id")),
CreatedOn = Convert.ToDateTime( n.Parent.TryGetAttribtueValue("ad", "createdon") ),
ExpiresOn = Convert.ToDateTime(n.Parent.TryGetAttribtueValue("ad", "expireson")),
MyAircraft = new Aircraft {
Make = n.TryGetElementValue("make"),
Model = n.TryGetElementValue("model"),
Description = n.TryGetElementValue("description"),
Price = Convert.ToDecimal( n.TryGetElementValue("price") ) },
MySellers = new List<Seller2>().Add( new Seller2 {
Id = Convert.ToInt32( n.TryGetAttribtueValue("seller","id") ),
SellerName = n.TryGetElementValue("seller"),
Phone = n.TryGetAttribtueValue("seller","phone")
} )
}).ToList();
but the issues is i get syntax errors when i tried to create objects to populate MySellers List.
Error:
Error CS0029
Cannot implicitly convert type 'void' to System.Collections.Generic.List<XMLParsing.Seller2>'
So it seems like i don't know how to populate those two collections MySellers and MyMemberships.
is there away to populate those two collections so i can create the Averts2 Collection?

I know this is not quite in the spirit of the question. However, it should be as simple as
var xmlStream = new StreamReader(#"D:\something.xml");
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(flights_for_sale));
var result = (flights_for_sale)serializer.Deserialize(xmlStream);
The below was obtained by pasting the xml into visual studio
Edit 🡆 Paste Special 🡆 Paste XML as Classes
// 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 flights_for_sale
{
private flights_for_saleAD[] adField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("ad")]
public flights_for_saleAD[] ad
{
get
{
return this.adField;
}
set
{
this.adField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class flights_for_saleAD
{
private flights_for_saleADAircraft aircraftField;
private flights_for_saleADSeller[] sellerField;
private flights_for_saleADMembership[] membershipField;
private flights_for_saleADLocation locationField;
private byte idField;
private string createdonField;
private string expiresonField;
/// <remarks/>
public flights_for_saleADAircraft aircraft
{
get
{
return this.aircraftField;
}
set
{
this.aircraftField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("seller")]
public flights_for_saleADSeller[] seller
{
get
{
return this.sellerField;
}
set
{
this.sellerField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("membership")]
public flights_for_saleADMembership[] membership
{
get
{
return this.membershipField;
}
set
{
this.membershipField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public flights_for_saleADLocation location
{
get
{
return this.locationField;
}
set
{
this.locationField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public byte id
{
get
{
return this.idField;
}
set
{
this.idField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string createdon
{
get
{
return this.createdonField;
}
set
{
this.createdonField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string expireson
{
get
{
return this.expiresonField;
}
set
{
this.expiresonField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class flights_for_saleADAircraft
{
private ushort yearField;
private string makeField;
private string modelField;
private string colorField;
private string descriptionField;
private string priceField;
private string idField;
/// <remarks/>
public ushort year
{
get
{
return this.yearField;
}
set
{
this.yearField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string make
{
get
{
return this.makeField;
}
set
{
this.makeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string model
{
get
{
return this.modelField;
}
set
{
this.modelField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string color
{
get
{
return this.colorField;
}
set
{
this.colorField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string description
{
get
{
return this.descriptionField;
}
set
{
this.descriptionField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string price
{
get
{
return this.priceField;
}
set
{
this.priceField = 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 flights_for_saleADSeller
{
private string idField;
private string phoneField;
private string emailField;
private string valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string id
{
get
{
return this.idField;
}
set
{
this.idField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string phone
{
get
{
return this.phoneField;
}
set
{
this.phoneField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string email
{
get
{
return this.emailField;
}
set
{
this.emailField = 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 flights_for_saleADMembership
{
private ushort idField;
private string fromField;
private string toField;
private string noField;
private string valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public ushort id
{
get
{
return this.idField;
}
set
{
this.idField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string from
{
get
{
return this.fromField;
}
set
{
this.fromField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string to
{
get
{
return this.toField;
}
set
{
this.toField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string no
{
get
{
return this.noField;
}
set
{
this.noField = 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 flights_for_saleADLocation
{
private string cityField;
private string stateField;
/// <remarks/>
public string city
{
get
{
return this.cityField;
}
set
{
this.cityField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string state
{
get
{
return this.stateField;
}
set
{
this.stateField = value;
}
}
}

How can we pass XML as request to .Net core API and get response in XML from Same API in c#?

I want to create an API in .net core which accept XML request and gives response in XML only.
I have searched and created sample but when I hit request to the API with XML request it does not work.
Debugger did not come up to the controller.
I have also added below the line of code in the configure services of the startup.cs class.
services.AddMvc(options =>
{
options.RespectBrowserAcceptHeader = true; // false by default
options.InputFormatters.Insert(0, new XDocumentInputFormatter());
}).SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_2)
.AddXmlSerializerFormatters()
.AddXmlDataContractSerializerFormatters();
The POST method have written in the controller as below.
[Produces("application/xml")]
[ProducesResponseType(typeof(CustomerDetails), (int)HttpStatusCode.OK)]
[HttpPost("CustomerDetails", Name = "CustomerDetails")]
public IActionResult CustomerDetails([FromBody] CustomerDetails CustReq)
{
var resp = new CustomerDetails
{
BankId="1234567"
};
return Ok(resp);
}
Processing my request from Postman getting an error.
An unhandled exception occurred while processing the request.
InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Xml.Linq.XDocument' to type 'CustomerValidationAPI.Models.CustomerDetails'.
Below is my XML request I want to process.
It also has multiple nodes how can we handle.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<FIXML xmlns="http://www.finacle.com/fixml" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.finacle.com/fixml
executeFinacleScript.xsd">
<Header>
<RequestHeader>
<MessageKey>
<RequestUUID>FEBA_1553756445880</RequestUUID>
<ServiceRequestId>executeFinacleScript</ServiceRequestId>
<ServiceRequestVersion>10.2</ServiceRequestVersion>
<ChannelId>COR</ChannelId>
</MessageKey>
<RequestMessageInfo>
<BankId>04</BankId>
<TimeZone>GMT+05:00</TimeZone>
<EntityId />
<EntityType />
<ArmCorrelationId />
<MessageDateTime>2019-03-28T11:00:45.880</MessageDateTime>
</RequestMessageInfo>
<Security>
<Token>
<PasswordToken>
<UserId>11111</UserId>
<Password />
</PasswordToken>
</Token>
<FICertToken />
<RealUserLoginSessionId />
<RealUser />
<RealUserPwd />
<SSOTransferToken />
</Security>
</RequestHeader>
</Header>
<Body>
<executeFinacleScriptRequest>
<ExecuteFinacleScriptInputVO>
<requestId>validateAcct.scr</requestId>
</ExecuteFinacleScriptInputVO>
<executeFinacleScript_CustomData>
<ACCT_NUM>01122507576</ACCT_NUM>
<PHONE_NUM>59887834</PHONE_NUM>
<NIC>G2105493001653</NIC>
</executeFinacleScript_CustomData>
</executeFinacleScriptRequest>
</Body>
</FIXML>
Customer Details Model Have created as below
public class CustomerDetails
{
[Required]
public string RequestUUID { get; set; }
[Required]
public string ServiceRequestId { get; set; }
[Required]
public string ServiceRequestVersion { get; set; }
[Required]
public string ChannelId { get; set; }
[Required]
public string BankId { get; set; }
[Required]
public string TimeZone { get; set; }
public string EntityId { get; set; }
public string EntityType { get; set; }
public string ArmCorrelationId { get; set; }
[Required]
[DataType(DataType.Date)]
public DateTime MessageDateTime { get; set; }
[Required]
public string Password { get; set; }
public string FICertToken { get; set; }
public string RealUserLoginSessionId { get; set; }
public string RealUser { get; set; }
public string RealUserPwd { get; set; }
public string SSOTransferToken { get; set; }
[Required]
public string requestId { get; set; }
[Required]
public string ACCT_NUM { get; set; }
[Required]
public string PHONE_NUM { get; set; }
[Required]
public string NIC { get; set; }
}
My startUp class
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddMvc(options =>
{
options.RespectBrowserAcceptHeader = true; // false by default
options.InputFormatters.Insert(0, new XDocumentInputFormatter());
}).SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_2)
.AddXmlSerializerFormatters()
.AddXmlDataContractSerializerFormatters();
}
XDocumentInputFormatter in class have taken as below..
public class XDocumentInputFormatter : InputFormatter, IInputFormatter, IApiRequestFormatMetadataProvider
{
public XDocumentInputFormatter()
{
SupportedMediaTypes.Add("application/xml");
}
protected override bool CanReadType(Type type)
{
if (type.IsAssignableFrom(typeof(XDocument))) return true;
return base.CanReadType(type);
}
//public override async Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
//{
// var xmlDoc = await XDocument.LoadAsync(context.HttpContext.Request.Body, LoadOptions.None, CancellationToken.None);
// return InputFormatterResult.Success(xmlDoc);
//}
public override async Task<InputFormatterResult> ReadRequestBodyAsync(InputFormatterContext context)
{
// Use StreamReader to convert any encoding to UTF-16 (default C# and sql Server).
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(context.HttpContext.Request.Body))
{
var xmlDoc = await XDocument.LoadAsync(streamReader, LoadOptions.None, CancellationToken.None);
return InputFormatterResult.Success(xmlDoc);
}
}
}
ERROR I AM GETTING NOW
An unhandled exception occurred while processing the request.
InvalidOperationException: http://www.finacle.com/fixml'> was not expected.
Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderTestClass.Read3_TestClass()
InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (1, 174).
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, string encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)
Created the Class from XML as below
public class XMLClass
{
// 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://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class FIXML
{
private FIXMLHeader headerField;
private FIXMLBody bodyField;
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLHeader Header
{
get
{
return this.headerField;
}
set
{
this.headerField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLBody Body
{
get
{
return this.bodyField;
}
set
{
this.bodyField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLHeader
{
private FIXMLHeaderRequestHeader requestHeaderField;
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLHeaderRequestHeader RequestHeader
{
get
{
return this.requestHeaderField;
}
set
{
this.requestHeaderField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLHeaderRequestHeader
{
private FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderMessageKey messageKeyField;
private FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderRequestMessageInfo requestMessageInfoField;
private FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderSecurity securityField;
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderMessageKey MessageKey
{
get
{
return this.messageKeyField;
}
set
{
this.messageKeyField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderRequestMessageInfo RequestMessageInfo
{
get
{
return this.requestMessageInfoField;
}
set
{
this.requestMessageInfoField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderSecurity Security
{
get
{
return this.securityField;
}
set
{
this.securityField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderMessageKey
{
private string requestUUIDField;
private string serviceRequestIdField;
private decimal serviceRequestVersionField;
private string channelIdField;
/// <remarks/>
public string RequestUUID
{
get
{
return this.requestUUIDField;
}
set
{
this.requestUUIDField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string ServiceRequestId
{
get
{
return this.serviceRequestIdField;
}
set
{
this.serviceRequestIdField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public decimal ServiceRequestVersion
{
get
{
return this.serviceRequestVersionField;
}
set
{
this.serviceRequestVersionField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string ChannelId
{
get
{
return this.channelIdField;
}
set
{
this.channelIdField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderRequestMessageInfo
{
private byte bankIdField;
private string timeZoneField;
private object entityIdField;
private object entityTypeField;
private object armCorrelationIdField;
private System.DateTime messageDateTimeField;
/// <remarks/>
public byte BankId
{
get
{
return this.bankIdField;
}
set
{
this.bankIdField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string TimeZone
{
get
{
return this.timeZoneField;
}
set
{
this.timeZoneField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public object EntityId
{
get
{
return this.entityIdField;
}
set
{
this.entityIdField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public object EntityType
{
get
{
return this.entityTypeField;
}
set
{
this.entityTypeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public object ArmCorrelationId
{
get
{
return this.armCorrelationIdField;
}
set
{
this.armCorrelationIdField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public System.DateTime MessageDateTime
{
get
{
return this.messageDateTimeField;
}
set
{
this.messageDateTimeField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderSecurity
{
private FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderSecurityToken tokenField;
private object fICertTokenField;
private object realUserLoginSessionIdField;
private object realUserField;
private object realUserPwdField;
private object sSOTransferTokenField;
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderSecurityToken Token
{
get
{
return this.tokenField;
}
set
{
this.tokenField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public object FICertToken
{
get
{
return this.fICertTokenField;
}
set
{
this.fICertTokenField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public object RealUserLoginSessionId
{
get
{
return this.realUserLoginSessionIdField;
}
set
{
this.realUserLoginSessionIdField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public object RealUser
{
get
{
return this.realUserField;
}
set
{
this.realUserField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public object RealUserPwd
{
get
{
return this.realUserPwdField;
}
set
{
this.realUserPwdField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public object SSOTransferToken
{
get
{
return this.sSOTransferTokenField;
}
set
{
this.sSOTransferTokenField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderSecurityToken
{
private FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderSecurityTokenPasswordToken passwordTokenField;
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderSecurityTokenPasswordToken PasswordToken
{
get
{
return this.passwordTokenField;
}
set
{
this.passwordTokenField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLHeaderRequestHeaderSecurityTokenPasswordToken
{
private ushort userIdField;
private object passwordField;
/// <remarks/>
public ushort UserId
{
get
{
return this.userIdField;
}
set
{
this.userIdField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public object Password
{
get
{
return this.passwordField;
}
set
{
this.passwordField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLBody
{
private FIXMLBodyExecuteFinacleScriptRequest executeFinacleScriptRequestField;
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLBodyExecuteFinacleScriptRequest executeFinacleScriptRequest
{
get
{
return this.executeFinacleScriptRequestField;
}
set
{
this.executeFinacleScriptRequestField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLBodyExecuteFinacleScriptRequest
{
private FIXMLBodyExecuteFinacleScriptRequestExecuteFinacleScriptInputVO executeFinacleScriptInputVOField;
private FIXMLBodyExecuteFinacleScriptRequestExecuteFinacleScript_CustomData executeFinacleScript_CustomDataField;
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLBodyExecuteFinacleScriptRequestExecuteFinacleScriptInputVO ExecuteFinacleScriptInputVO
{
get
{
return this.executeFinacleScriptInputVOField;
}
set
{
this.executeFinacleScriptInputVOField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public FIXMLBodyExecuteFinacleScriptRequestExecuteFinacleScript_CustomData executeFinacleScript_CustomData
{
get
{
return this.executeFinacleScript_CustomDataField;
}
set
{
this.executeFinacleScript_CustomDataField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLBodyExecuteFinacleScriptRequestExecuteFinacleScriptInputVO
{
private string requestIdField;
/// <remarks/>
public string requestId
{
get
{
return this.requestIdField;
}
set
{
this.requestIdField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.finacle.com/fixml")]
public partial class FIXMLBodyExecuteFinacleScriptRequestExecuteFinacleScript_CustomData
{
private uint aCCT_NUMField;
private uint pHONE_NUMField;
private string nICField;
/// <remarks/>
public uint ACCT_NUM
{
get
{
return this.aCCT_NUMField;
}
set
{
this.aCCT_NUMField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public uint PHONE_NUM
{
get
{
return this.pHONE_NUMField;
}
set
{
this.pHONE_NUMField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public string NIC
{
get
{
return this.nICField;
}
set
{
this.nICField = value;
}
}
}
}
public class Token
{
public PasswordToken PasswordToken{get;set;}
}
public class PasswordToken
{
public string UserId{get;set;}
public string Password{get;set;}
}
public class Body
{
public executeFinacleScriptRequest executeFinacleScriptRequest{get;set;}
}
public class executeFinacleScriptRequest
{
public ExecuteFinacleScriptInputVO ExecuteFinacleScriptInputVO{get;set;}
public executeFinacleScript_CustomData executeFinacleScript_CustomData{get;set;}
}
public class ExecuteFinacleScriptInputVO
{
public string requestId{get;set;}
}
public class executeFinacleScript_CustomData
{
public string ACCT_NUM{get;set;}
public string PHONE_NUM{get;set;}
public string NIC{get;set;}
}

the result is serialized based on what the requester requested! if you want xml just put ja corresponding header! and why [FromBody]XElement xml ? cant you use a normal model?

If Your API need request in XML. Below are things need to consider
1. In .ent core add below code in ConfigureServices method of Startup.cs Class
services.AddMvc(options =>
{
options.RespectBrowserAcceptHeader = true; // false by default
}).SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_2)
.AddXmlSerializerFormatters()
.AddXmlDataContractSerializerFormatters();
Create XML Data class by just simply copy your XML request and in the visual studio ..select paste special from edit menu and select paste XML as classes. It will generate classes as per your XML.
Now you this class as [FromBody] YourClassName request in post method. Do include produce annotation as application/xml above your post method

In ASP.NET Core, everything is highly modular, so you only add the functionality you need to your application. Consequently, there's a separate NuGet package for the XML formatters that you need to add to your .csproj file - Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml" Version="1.1.3" />
Adding the package to your project lights up an extension method on the IMvcBuilder instance returned by the call to services.AddMvc(). The AddXmlSerializerFormatters() method adds both input and output formatters, so you can serialise objects to and from XML.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddMvc()
.AddXmlSerializerFormatters();
}
Alternatively, if you only want to be able to format results as XML, but don't need to be able to read XML from a request body, you can just add the output formatter instead:
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddMvc(options =>
{
options.OutputFormatters.Add(new XmlSerializerOutputFormatter());
});
}
For Supporting XML as Input
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddMvc(options =>
{
options.FormatterMappings.SetMediaTypeMappingForFormat
("xml", MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/xml"));
options.FormatterMappings.SetMediaTypeMappingForFormat
("config", MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/xml"));
options.FormatterMappings.SetMediaTypeMappingForFormat
("js", MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/json"));
})
.AddXmlSerializerFormatters();

XML members initialization for XmlSerializer using C#

I have below XML and need to deserialized to get the value of "ThreadGroup.num_threads","ThreadGroup.ramp_time","HTTPSampler.path" and "HTTPSampler.domain".
<TestPlan>
<hashTree>
<hashTree>
<ThreadGroup>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.on_sample_error">continue</stringProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.num_threads">10</stringProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.ramp_time">1</stringProp>
<longProp name="ThreadGroup.start_time">1517853259000</longProp>
<longProp name="ThreadGroup.end_time">1517853259000</longProp>
<boolProp name="ThreadGroup.scheduler">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.duration"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.delay"></stringProp>
</ThreadGroup>
<hashTree>
<hashTree>
<HTTPSamplerProxy>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.domain">www.abc.com/abc-service-api</stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.port"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.protocol"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.contentEncoding"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.path">/v1/test/test?debug=false</stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.method">GET</stringProp>
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.follow_redirects">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.auto_redirects">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.use_keepalive">true</boolProp>
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.DO_MULTIPART_POST">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.embedded_url_re"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.connect_timeout"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.response_timeout"></stringProp>
</HTTPSamplerProxy>
</hashTree>
</hashTree>
</hashTree>
</hashTree>
</TestPlan>
The code I am using mentioned below.
public class xmlData
{
[Serializable, XmlRoot("jmeterTestPlan")]
public partial class jmeterTestPlan
{
private jmeterTestPlanHashTree hashTreeField;
/// <remarks/>
public jmeterTestPlanHashTree hashTree
{
get
{
return this.hashTreeField;
}
set
{
this.hashTreeField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTree
{
private jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTree hashTreeField;
/// <remarks/>
public jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTree hashTree
{
get
{
return this.hashTreeField;
}
set
{
this.hashTreeField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTree
{
private jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeThreadGroup threadGroupField;
private jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTree hashTreeField;
/// <remarks/>
public jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeThreadGroup ThreadGroup
{
get
{
return this.threadGroupField;
}
set
{
this.threadGroupField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
public jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTree hashTree
{
get
{
return this.hashTreeField;
}
set
{
this.hashTreeField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeThreadGroup
{
private object[] itemsField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("boolProp", typeof(jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeThreadGroupBoolProp))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("longProp", typeof(jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeThreadGroupLongProp))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("stringProp", typeof(jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeThreadGroupStringProp))]
public object[] Items
{
get
{
return this.itemsField;
}
set
{
this.itemsField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeThreadGroupBoolProp
{
private string nameField;
private bool valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string name
{
get
{
return this.nameField;
}
set
{
this.nameField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public bool Value
{
get
{
return this.valueField;
}
set
{
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeThreadGroupLongProp
{
private string nameField;
private ulong valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string name
{
get
{
return this.nameField;
}
set
{
this.nameField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public ulong Value
{
get
{
return this.valueField;
}
set
{
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeThreadGroupStringProp
{
private string nameField;
private string valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string name
{
get
{
return this.nameField;
}
set
{
this.nameField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public string Value
{
get
{
return this.valueField;
}
set
{
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTree
{
private jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTree hashTreeField;
/// <remarks/>
public jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTree hashTree
{
get
{
return this.hashTreeField;
}
set
{
this.hashTreeField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTree
{
private jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHTTPSamplerProxy hTTPSamplerProxyField;
/// <remarks/>
public jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHTTPSamplerProxy HTTPSamplerProxy
{
get
{
return this.hTTPSamplerProxyField;
}
set
{
this.hTTPSamplerProxyField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHTTPSamplerProxy
{
private object[] itemsField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("boolProp", typeof(jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHTTPSamplerProxyBoolProp))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("stringProp", typeof(jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHTTPSamplerProxyStringProp))]
public object[] Items
{
get
{
return this.itemsField;
}
set
{
this.itemsField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHTTPSamplerProxyBoolProp
{
private string nameField;
private bool valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string name
{
get
{
return this.nameField;
}
set
{
this.nameField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public bool Value
{
get
{
return this.valueField;
}
set
{
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class jmeterTestPlanHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHashTreeHTTPSamplerProxyStringProp
{
private string nameField;
private string valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string name
{
get
{
return this.nameField;
}
set
{
this.nameField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public string Value
{
get
{
return this.valueField;
}
set
{
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
}
the above code is giving required value with a lot of additional attributes value and the code seems lengthy too. However, I need those 4 value. Please suggest any better solution.

UPDATED (2018-09-10)
I've updated this to get it easy to use.
Before I started, I decided that you probably wanted the possibility of longProps in the HTTPSamplerProxy section. It also made the coding (much) easier and cleaner. I've tested it without any longProps just to make sure it worked with the existing XML the way you'd expect.
The original process
The updates to the original description are italicized
What I did was to use the standard XSD.exe tool to take your source XML file (with an extra longProp in the HTTPSamplerProxy section) and create an XSD. Then I used XSD.exe again to create a (very ugly) C# file. At that point, the root of the whole mess is the TestPlan class. Here's what XSD.exe produced (updated - the only change to the newly-emitted XSD.exe code was a namespace declaration at the top):
/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.33440")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class hashTree {
private hashTreeHTTPSamplerProxy[] hTTPSamplerProxyField;
private hashTree[] hashTree1Field;
private hashTreeThreadGroup[] threadGroupField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("HTTPSamplerProxy", Form = System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
public hashTreeHTTPSamplerProxy[] HTTPSamplerProxy {
get {
return this.hTTPSamplerProxyField;
}
set {
this.hTTPSamplerProxyField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("hashTree")]
public hashTree[] hashTree1 {
get {
return this.hashTree1Field;
}
set {
this.hashTree1Field = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("ThreadGroup", Form = System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
public hashTreeThreadGroup[] ThreadGroup {
get {
return this.threadGroupField;
}
set {
this.threadGroupField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.33440")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class hashTreeHTTPSamplerProxy {
private longProp[] longPropField;
private stringProp[] stringPropField;
private boolProp[] boolPropField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("longProp", IsNullable = true)]
public longProp[] longProp {
get {
return this.longPropField;
}
set {
this.longPropField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("stringProp", IsNullable = true)]
public stringProp[] stringProp {
get {
return this.stringPropField;
}
set {
this.stringPropField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("boolProp", IsNullable = true)]
public boolProp[] boolProp {
get {
return this.boolPropField;
}
set {
this.boolPropField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.33440")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = true)]
public partial class longProp {
private string nameField;
private string valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string name {
get {
return this.nameField;
}
set {
this.nameField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public string Value {
get {
return this.valueField;
}
set {
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.33440")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = true)]
public partial class stringProp {
private string nameField;
private string valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string name {
get {
return this.nameField;
}
set {
this.nameField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public string Value {
get {
return this.valueField;
}
set {
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.33440")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = true)]
public partial class boolProp {
private string nameField;
private string valueField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlAttributeAttribute()]
public string name {
get {
return this.nameField;
}
set {
this.nameField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTextAttribute()]
public string Value {
get {
return this.valueField;
}
set {
this.valueField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.33440")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
public partial class hashTreeThreadGroup {
private stringProp[] stringPropField;
private longProp[] longPropField;
private boolProp[] boolPropField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("stringProp", IsNullable = true)]
public stringProp[] stringProp {
get {
return this.stringPropField;
}
set {
this.stringPropField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("longProp", IsNullable = true)]
public longProp[] longProp {
get {
return this.longPropField;
}
set {
this.longPropField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("boolProp", IsNullable = true)]
public boolProp[] boolProp {
get {
return this.boolPropField;
}
set {
this.boolPropField = value;
}
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "4.0.30319.33440")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute(Namespace = "", IsNullable = false)]
public partial class TestPlan {
private object[] itemsField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("boolProp", typeof(boolProp), IsNullable = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("hashTree", typeof(hashTree))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("longProp", typeof(longProp), IsNullable = true)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("stringProp", typeof(stringProp), IsNullable = true)]
public object[] Items {
get {
return this.itemsField;
}
set {
this.itemsField = value;
}
}
}
The rest of this is mostly new
The code emitted by XSD.exe creates a set of partial classes. I extended the partial classes in a few ways in a separate source file. But, before I started, I declared an interface and a static worker class.
public interface IGrouping {
boolProp[] boolProp { get; }
stringProp[] stringProp { get; }
longProp[] longProp { get; }
Dictionary<string, bool?> BoolProperties { get; }
Dictionary<string, long?> LongProperties { get; }
Dictionary<string, string> StringProperties { get; }
}
and
public static class PropertyGrouper {
public static void GroupProperties(IGrouping itemToGroup) {
//has this been done before, if yes, return
if (itemToGroup.StringProperties.Count > 0 || itemToGroup.BoolProperties.Count > 0 || itemToGroup.LongProperties.Count > 0 ) {
return;
}
//otherwise
if (itemToGroup.boolProp != null) {
foreach (var bProp in itemToGroup.boolProp) {
var succeeded = bool.TryParse(bProp.Value, out var bValue);
itemToGroup.BoolProperties.Add(bProp.name, succeeded ? bValue : (bool?)null);
}
}
if (itemToGroup.longProp != null) {
foreach (var lProp in itemToGroup.longProp) {
var succeeded = long.TryParse(lProp.Value, out var lValue);
itemToGroup.LongProperties.Add(lProp.name, succeeded ? lValue : (long?)null);
}
}
if (itemToGroup.stringProp != null) {
foreach (var sProp in itemToGroup.stringProp) {
itemToGroup.StringProperties.Add(sProp.name, sProp.Value);
}
}
}
}
With those in place, I extended each of the XSD.exe-emitted classes. The TestPlan class was easy - I just added a typed property:
public partial class TestPlan {
[XmlIgnore]
public hashTree HashTree => Items[0] as hashTree;
}
The hashTreeThreadGroup and hashTreeHTTPSamplerProxy classes were extended in the same way (remember, I didn't name any of these classes, XSD.exe named them from your XML) . Each was declared to implement the IGrouping interface, and each got 3 dictionaries of properties (as required by IGrouping). The three arrays in the IGrouping interface were in the XSD-emitted code:
public partial class hashTreeThreadGroup : IGrouping {
[XmlIgnore]
public Dictionary<string, bool?> BoolProperties { get; } = new Dictionary<string, bool?>();
[XmlIgnore]
public Dictionary<string, long?> LongProperties { get; } = new Dictionary<string, long?>();
[XmlIgnore]
public Dictionary<string, string> StringProperties { get; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
}
public partial class hashTreeHTTPSamplerProxy : IGrouping {
[XmlIgnore]
public Dictionary<string, bool?> BoolProperties { get; } = new Dictionary<string, bool?>();
[XmlIgnore]
public Dictionary<string, long?> LongProperties { get; } = new Dictionary<string, long?>();
[XmlIgnore]
public Dictionary<string, string> StringProperties { get; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
}
Finally, I extended hashTree class. I added three typed properties, each with a null check to make things clean. The ThreadGroupItem and HttpSamplerProxyItem properties each get a call to PropertyGrouper.GroupProperties. The first time this is called, the properties in the XmlSerializer-created property arrays are copied into Dictionaries.
public partial class hashTree {
[XmlIgnore]
public hashTree HashTree {
get {
if (hashTree1 != null) {
return hashTree1[0] as hashTree;
} else {
return null;
}
}
}
[XmlIgnore]
public hashTreeThreadGroup ThreadGroupItem {
get {
if (ThreadGroup != null) {
var threadGroup = ThreadGroup[0]; // as hashTreeThreadGroup;
PropertyGrouper.GroupProperties(threadGroup);
return threadGroup;
} else {
return null;
}
}
}
[XmlIgnore]
public hashTreeHTTPSamplerProxy HttpSamplerProxyItem {
get {
if (HTTPSamplerProxy != null) {
var httpSamplerProxy = HTTPSamplerProxy[0];
PropertyGrouper.GroupProperties(httpSamplerProxy);
return httpSamplerProxy;
} else {
return null;
}
}
}
}
With that all in place, I ran the same code.
TestPlan result;
using (var stream = new FileStream("source.xml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)) {
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TestPlan));
result = (TestPlan)serializer.Deserialize(stream);
}
This code is how I accessed your data with my first example.
var numThreadsParsed = long.TryParse((((XmlSerializeForm.hashTree)result.Items[0]).hashTree1[0].ThreadGroup[0].stringProp[1].Value), out var numThreads);
var httpSamplerPath = ((XmlSerializeForm.hashTree)result.Items[0]).hashTree1[0].hashTree1[0].hashTree1[0].HTTPSamplerProxy[0].stringProp[4].Value;
But, with the few simple additions I made (well, the code isn't that complicated, but getting it right was), accessing the properties is much cleaner:
string numThreadsParsed = result.HashTree.HashTree.ThreadGroupItem.StringProperties["ThreadGroup.num_threads"];
long? startTime = result.HashTree.HashTree.ThreadGroupItem.LongProperties["ThreadGroup.start_time"];
string httpSamplerPath = result.HashTree.HashTree.HashTree.HashTree.HttpSamplerProxyItem.StringProperties["HTTPSampler.path"];
bool? useKeepAlive = result.HashTree.HashTree.HashTree.HashTree.HttpSamplerProxyItem.BoolProperties["HTTPSampler.use_keepalive"];
There you go!

With external lib Cinchoo ETL - an open source library, you can grab the chosen node values easily as below
Define .NET type
public class TestPlan
{
[ChoXmlNodeRecordField(XPath = #"/ThreadGroup/stringProp[#name=""ThreadGroup.on_sample_error""]")]
public string NumThreads { get; set; }
[ChoXmlNodeRecordField(XPath = #"/ThreadGroup/stringProp[#name=""ThreadGroup.ramp_time""]")]
public int RampTime { get; set; }
[ChoXmlNodeRecordField(XPath = #"/hashTree/hashTree/HTTPSamplerProxy/stringProp[#name=""HTTPSampler.path""]")]
public string Path { get; set; }
[ChoXmlNodeRecordField(XPath = #"/hashTree/hashTree/HTTPSamplerProxy/stringProp[#name=""HTTPSampler.domain""]")]
public string Domain { get; set; }
}
Then deserialize the input xml using Cinchoo ETL as below
static void Main()
{
using (var p = new ChoXmlReader<TestPlan>("*** XML file path ***")
.WithXPath("/TestPlan/hashTree/hashTree")
)
{
foreach (var rec in p)
Console.WriteLine(rec.Dump());
}
}
Output:
-- ChoXmlReaderTest.Program+TestPlan State --
NumThreads: continue
RampTime: 1
Path: /v1/test/test?debug=false
Domain: www.abc.com/abc-service-api
Hope it helps.
Disclaimer: I'm the author of this library.

Use 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)
{
XmlData data = new XmlData(FILENAME);
}
}
public class XmlData
{
public int? num_threads { get; set;}
public int? ramp_time { get;set;}
List<SamplerProxy> HTTPSamplerProxies { get;set;}
public XmlData(string filename)
{
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(filename);
XElement threadGroup = doc.Descendants("ThreadGroup").FirstOrDefault();
num_threads = (int?)threadGroup.Elements("stringProp").Where(x => (string)x.Attribute("name") == "ThreadGroup.num_threads").FirstOrDefault();
ramp_time = (int?)threadGroup.Elements("stringProp").Where(x => (string)x.Attribute("name") == "ThreadGroup.ramp_time").FirstOrDefault();
HTTPSamplerProxies = doc.Descendants("HTTPSamplerProxy").Select(x => new SamplerProxy() {
path = (string)x.Elements("stringProp").Where(y => (string)y.Attribute("name") == "HTTPSampler.path").FirstOrDefault(),
domain = (string)x.Elements("stringProp").Where(y => (string)y.Attribute("name") == "HTTPSampler.domain").FirstOrDefault()
}).ToList();
}
}
public class SamplerProxy
{
public string path { get; set; }
public string domain { get; set; }
}
}

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.

Programmatically controlling the order of xml elements

I'm using a third part web service[WS] in my .Net app.
My application is using the entity classes generated from this WS's wsdl.
I fetch the data from db, fill it in entity objects and then generate an xml out of it using XmlSerializer class.
One of the methods of the WS requires this xml string as input.And the xml should have elements in the same order as expected by the WS.But whats happening is that some of the elements are getting upside down in my app and so WS is throwing an innermost exception saying on serialzation:.
_innerException {"Inconsistent sequencing: if used on one of the class's members, the 'Order' property is required on all particle-like members, please explicitly set 'Order' using XmlElement, XmlAnyElement or XmlArray custom attribute on class member 'instrument'."} System.Exception {System.InvalidOperationException}
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(totemmessage));
So,my question here is, how do I programmatically control the order of these xml elements in my app before sending it to the WS?Note:I dont want to use xslt for this purpose.
Thanks for reading.
Here are my entity classes:
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "2.0.50727.3038")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName="totem-message")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("totem", Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]
public partial class totemmessage {
private object itemField;
private ItemChoiceType1 itemElementNameField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("error", typeof(errorinfo))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("parseReport", typeof(parseReportinfo))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("results", typeof(templateinfo))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("subareas", typeof(subareasinfo))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("template", typeof(templateinfo))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("upload", typeof(templateinfo))]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlChoiceIdentifierAttribute("ItemElementName")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 0)]
public object Item {
get {
return this.itemField;
}
set {
this.itemField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 1)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public ItemChoiceType1 ItemElementName {
get {
return this.itemElementNameField;
}
set {
this.itemElementNameField = value;
}
}
}
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIncludeAttribute(typeof(energyInstrument))]
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "2.0.50727.3038")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
public abstract partial class abstractEnergyInstrument {
private energyContractTime periodField;
private bool periodFieldSpecified;
private System.DateTime startDateField;
private bool startDateFieldSpecified;
private System.DateTime endDateField;
private bool endDateFieldSpecified;
private System.DateTime expiryDateField;
private bool expiryDateFieldSpecified;
private energyInstrumentClassifier typeField;
private bool typeFieldSpecified;
private string strikeField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 0)]
public energyContractTime period {
get {
return this.periodField;
}
set {
this.periodField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 1)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool periodSpecified {
get {
return this.periodFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.periodFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(DataType="date", Order =2)]
public System.DateTime startDate {
get {
return this.startDateField;
}
set {
this.startDateField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 3)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool startDateSpecified {
get {
return this.startDateFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.startDateFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(DataType="date", Order =4)]
public System.DateTime endDate {
get {
return this.endDateField;
}
set {
this.endDateField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 5)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool endDateSpecified {
get {
return this.endDateFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.endDateFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(DataType="date", Order =6)]
public System.DateTime expiryDate {
get {
return this.expiryDateField;
}
set {
this.expiryDateField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 7)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool expiryDateSpecified {
get {
return this.expiryDateFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.expiryDateFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 8)]
public energyInstrumentClassifier type {
get {
return this.typeField;
}
set {
this.typeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 9)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool typeSpecified {
get {
return this.typeFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.typeFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 10)]
public string strike {
get {
return this.strikeField;
}
set {
this.strikeField = value;
}
}
}
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "2.0.50727.3038")]
[System.SerializableAttribute()]
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("instrument", Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]
public partial class energyInstrument : abstractEnergyInstrument {
private decimal priceField;
private bool priceFieldSpecified;
private decimal forwardField;
private bool forwardFieldSpecified;
private decimal volField;
private bool volFieldSpecified;
private decimal consensusPriceField;
private bool consensusPriceFieldSpecified;
private decimal compositePriceField;
private bool compositePriceFieldSpecified;
private decimal reconstitutedForwardField;
private bool reconstitutedForwardFieldSpecified;
private decimal consensusVolField;
private bool consensusVolFieldSpecified;
private decimal compositeVolField;
private bool compositeVolFieldSpecified;
private string priceOutField;
private decimal priceRangeField;
private bool priceRangeFieldSpecified;
private decimal priceStddevField;
private bool priceStddevFieldSpecified;
private string volOutField;
private decimal volRangeField;
private bool volRangeFieldSpecified;
private decimal volStddevField;
private bool volStddevFieldSpecified;
private string contributorsField;
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 0)]
public decimal price {
get {
return this.priceField;
}
set {
this.priceField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 1)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool priceSpecified {
get {
return this.priceFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.priceFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 2)]
public decimal forward {
get {
return this.forwardField;
}
set {
this.forwardField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 3)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool forwardSpecified {
get {
return this.forwardFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.forwardFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 4)]
public decimal vol {
get {
return this.volField;
}
set {
this.volField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 5)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool volSpecified {
get {
return this.volFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.volFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 6)]
public decimal consensusPrice {
get {
return this.consensusPriceField;
}
set {
this.consensusPriceField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 7)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool consensusPriceSpecified {
get {
return this.consensusPriceFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.consensusPriceFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 8)]
public decimal compositePrice {
get {
return this.compositePriceField;
}
set {
this.compositePriceField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 9)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool compositePriceSpecified {
get {
return this.compositePriceFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.compositePriceFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 10)]
public decimal reconstitutedForward {
get {
return this.reconstitutedForwardField;
}
set {
this.reconstitutedForwardField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 11)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool reconstitutedForwardSpecified {
get {
return this.reconstitutedForwardFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.reconstitutedForwardFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 12)]
public decimal consensusVol {
get {
return this.consensusVolField;
}
set {
this.consensusVolField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 13)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool consensusVolSpecified {
get {
return this.consensusVolFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.consensusVolFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 14)]
public decimal compositeVol {
get {
return this.compositeVolField;
}
set {
this.compositeVolField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 15)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool compositeVolSpecified {
get {
return this.compositeVolFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.compositeVolFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 16)]
public string priceOut {
get {
return this.priceOutField;
}
set {
this.priceOutField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 17)]
public decimal priceRange {
get {
return this.priceRangeField;
}
set {
this.priceRangeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 18)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool priceRangeSpecified {
get {
return this.priceRangeFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.priceRangeFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 19)]
public decimal priceStddev
{
get {
return this.priceStddevField;
}
set {
this.priceStddevField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 20)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool priceStddevSpecified {
get {
return this.priceStddevFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.priceStddevFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 21)]
public string volOut {
get {
return this.volOutField;
}
set {
this.volOutField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 22)]
public decimal volRange {
get {
return this.volRangeField;
}
set {
this.volRangeField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 23)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool volRangeSpecified {
get {
return this.volRangeFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.volRangeFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 24)]
public decimal volStddev {
get {
return this.volStddevField;
}
set {
this.volStddevField = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElement(Order = 25)]
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public bool volStddevSpecified {
get {
return this.volStddevFieldSpecified;
}
set {
this.volStddevFieldSpecified = value;
}
}
/// <remarks/>
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(DataType="integer", Order =26)]
public string contributors {
get {
return this.contributorsField;
}
set {
this.contributorsField = value;
}
}
}

I used XmlElement[Order =n] on top of each of the properties in the entity classes. So, after playing around with the ordering, I could made this serialization work.Inheritance and partial classes made this fix all the more difficult!Thanks.

The XmlSerializer generates the elements in the order of declaration in the class - can you just change the order in the entity?

How to use Order = N together with other XML attributes and List collection.
public class MyClass
{
[XmlAnyElement("My-XLMComment", Order = 3)] public XmlComment CommentA { get; set; } = new XmlDocument().CreateComment("This is an XML comment");
[XmlAttribute("MyAttribute")] public string str4 { get; set; } //This is a XML-Attribute, Order not applicable
[XmlIgnore] public string str1 { get; set; } //This is a [XmlIgnore], Order not applicable
[XmlElement(Order = 5)] public string str2 { get; set; } // Standard property with Order
[XmlElement(Order = 2)] public string str3 { get; set; } // Standard property with Order
[XmlElement(Order = 1)] public List<MyList> ListElms = new List<MyList> //List collection with Order
{
new ListElm {str1 = "xxx", str2 ="yyy", str3 ="zzz"} ,
new ListElm {str1 = "xxx", str2 ="yyy", str3 ="zzz"}
};
public class MyList
{
[XmlElement(Order = 3)] public string str1 { get; set; } // Order can be assigned, but not mandatory
[XmlElement(Order = 2)] public string str2 { get; set; } // Order can be assigned, but not mandatory
[XmlElement(Order = 1)] public string str3 { get; set; } // Order can be assigned, but not mandatory
}
}
Will serialize to:
<MyClass MyAttribute="str4">
<ListElms>
<str3>zzz</str3>
<str2>yyy</str2>
<str1>xxx</str1>
</ListElms>
<ListElms>
<str3>zzz</str3>
<str2>yyy</str2>
<str1>xxx</str1>
</ListElms>
<str3>str3</str3>
<!--This is an XML comment-->
<str2>str2</str2>
</MyClass>