DataSet.ReadXml Schema and xs:include

[Patrick Kearney]

Hi All,

I have seen this type of question raised in various groups but no one has supplied a definitive answer. I am trying to load a dataset schema that has an xs:include. Project policy is to have all schemas as embedded resources but there appears to be no means by which the DataSet.ReadXml Schema method can be induced to use a custom Xmlresolver in order to supply the embedded referenced schema.

I have tried passing a custom resolver to an XmlTextReader and then loading the schema using the reader however the resolver is never fired. I suspect the resolver when used in conjunction with the XmlTextReader is looking for Xml external references such as document("blah" ) and just sees the <xs:include /> tag as a perfectly legitimate tag for the XSD schema.

I have tried passing the Schema to a XmlSchemaCollec tion first. This will indeed fire my custom resolver and set up the schema correctly, however there does not appear to be a way to impose this combined schema on the dataset.

I have tried streaming the schema back from the XmlSchemaCollec tion and then loading it but the <xs:include/> remains as an include tag.

I'm down to performing either a transformation, manual xml munge or even a string replacement to insert the included schema within the parent prior to providing it to the DataSet.ReadXml Schema method. Ugh!

Any one out there either have an answer or a definitive 'it can't be done' or at least not within a reasonable effort?

Cheers
Patrick Kearney

Sample code only:

DataSet ds = new DataSet()

// lots of options to load schema
// ds.ReadXmlSchem a(stream|XmlRea der|TextReader| filePath|)

// go with XmlTextReader
XmlTextReader rdr = new XmlTextReader(m yStream);

// supply my custom resolver that when called knows how to get the
// xsd from the Assembly resources
rdr.XmlResolver = new CustomResolver( );

// resolver is not called and schema fails to load because a type is
// not defined (unless the referenced schema is placed within the
// application directory in which case it loads fine, the method must be using
// the XmlUrlResolver under the covers)

ds.ReadXmlSchem a(rdr);

// Options to overcome behaviour

// create the reader
XmlTextReader rdr = new XmlTextReader(X SDStream);
XmlSchemaCollec tion sc = new XmlSchemaCollec tion();

// load the schema to a collection to force the xs:include to be processed
// custom resolver is called and referenced xsd supplied as a stream
sc.Add("myId", rdr, resolver);

// the schema now has an include collection properly populated with the
// referenced schema, however I can't see a way to pass this schema
// to the dataset
XmlSchema sch = sc["myId"];

// pull out the parent schema
System.Text.Str ingBuilder sb = new System.Text.Str ingBuilder();
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(sb );
sch.Write(sw);
sw.Flush();
// string containing the parent
string parentSchema = sb.ToString();

// pull out the referenced schema
XmlSchemaExtern al es = ((XmlSchemaExte rnal)sch.Includ es[0]);
System.Text.Str ingBuilder sbe = new System.Text.Str ingBuilder();
StringWriter swe = new StringWriter(sb e);
es.Schema.Write (swe);
swe.Flush();

// string containing the referenced schema
string includeSchema = sbe.ToString();

// I know I could get the contents out more effeciently but this is just to demo,
// from here I could clearly load these strings into xml docs and combine them
// as if they were one schema however this all seems like too much work,
// especially if you consider several levels of referencing.
// Every other schema loading mechanism I have seen in the framework allows
// for a custom resolver to be passed.....what am I missing?