How to deserialize an XML doc with a prefixed namespace but no ns-prefixed elements?
Solution 1
I used xsd.exe (a VS tool) and generated a schema from the XML file and then a class file from the schema. It suggested
[XmlType(AnonymousType = true, Namespace = "http://www.ZomboCorp.com/")]
[XmlRoot(Namespace = "http://www.ZomboCorp.com/", IsNullable = false)]
public class Info
{
[XmlElement(Form = XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
public String Name { get; set; }
[XmlElement(Form = XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
public String Job { get; set; }
}
But, I was able to get away with
[XmlType(AnonymousType = true)]
[XmlRoot(Namespace = "http://www.ZomboCorp.com/")]
public class Info
{
[XmlElement(Form = XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
public String Name { get; set; }
[XmlElement(Form = XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified)]
public String Job { get; set; }
}
Solution 2
You have to add the XmlElement attribute to each property as well, setting the Namespace property to an empty string (as the namespace is not inherited in your situation).
Your definition for Info should look like this:
XmlRoot(Namespace = "http://www.ZomboCorp.com/")]
public class Info
{
[XmlElement(Namespace = "")]
public String Name { get; set; }
[XmlElement(Namespace = "")]
public String Job { get; set; }
}
Then it will deserialize correctly.
Anthony Mastrean
Updated on June 05, 2022Comments
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Anthony Mastrean almost 2 years
I have an XML document from an external source.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ns0:Info xmlns:ns0="http://www.ZomboCorp.com/"> <Name>Anthony</Name> <Job>Developer</Job> </ns0:Info>
I need to deserialize it into an object like this.
public class Info { public String Name { get; set; } public String Job { get; set; } }
Used as is, the
Serializer
throws anInvalidOperationException
<Info xmlns='http://www.ZomboCorp.com/'>
was not expected.If I add
[XmlElement(Namespace = "http://www.ZomboCorp.com/")]
to the class definition, theSerializer
returns a newInfo
object with null properties. -
neslekkiM almost 9 yearsWhat about runtime?, is that possible?