xsd.exe generated classnames?

[Bill Cohagan]

Is there a way to control generated classnames when generating classes from
an XSD using xsd.exe? When generating typed datasets it's possible to
provide some direction via the "codegen" namespace by adding attributes to
the XSD itself. These same attributes don't seem to work for class
generation however (unless I just did it wrong?)

Anway, is there a way for me to specify the classname(s) to be used in the
generated code?

Thanks in advance,
Bill

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Bill,

First of all, I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue. From
your description, I understand that you need to know how to specify the
class name when generating class using xsd.exe. If there is any
misunderstanding, please feel free to let me know.

As far as I know, when generating a class using xsd.exe, we can specify the
name of top element to modify the class name. The following is a schema
that produces a class named pubs. Change the name attribute in the top
element will change the class name. <xs:element name="pubs">

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/XSDSchema1.xsd"
elementFormDefault="qualified"
xmlns="http://tempuri.org/XSDSchema1.xsd"
xmlns:mstns="http://tempuri.org/XSDSchema1.xsd"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="pubs">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="publishers" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

HTH.

Kevin Yu
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[Bill Cohagan]

As I understand, you are suggesting that the way to change the (generated)
class name is to change the element name. My situation is that I cannot
change the element name, but would like to use a classname of my own
choosing. As I mentioned I can do this when generating a type *dataset* via
use of the codegen namespace attributes; however this approach seems not to
work when generating a class rather than a namespace.

So, is there a way to "override" the name generated for an element (or
attribute) when generating a class without actually modifying the
element/attribute name in the schema?

Thanks for the response.

Bill

"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-****@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5m*************@TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl...

Hi Bill,

First of all, I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue. From
your description, I understand that you need to know how to specify the
class name when generating class using xsd.exe. If there is any
misunderstanding, please feel free to let me know.

As far as I know, when generating a class using xsd.exe, we can specify the name of top element to modify the class name. The following is a schema
that produces a class named pubs. Change the name attribute in the top
element will change the class name. <xs:element name="pubs">

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/XSDSchema1.xsd"
elementFormDefault="qualified"
xmlns="http://tempuri.org/XSDSchema1.xsd"
xmlns:mstns="http://tempuri.org/XSDSchema1.xsd"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="pubs">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="publishers" />
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

HTH.

Kevin Yu
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[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Bill,

As far as I know, we cannot achieve this without modifying the element. If
we cannot modify the element, we have to provide an argument in the
xsd.exe. However, xsd.exe doesn't have such argument to specify the class
name. So I don't think we can do this.

Kevin Yu
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[Bill Cohagan]

Kevin
Thank you . That answers my question.

Bill
"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-****@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ff**************@TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl...

Hi Bill,

As far as I know, we cannot achieve this without modifying the element. If
we cannot modify the element, we have to provide an argument in the
xsd.exe. However, xsd.exe doesn't have such argument to specify the class
name. So I don't think we can do this.

Kevin Yu
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[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

You're welcome, Bill.

Thanks for sharing your experience with all the people here. If you have
any questions, please feel free to post them in the community.

Kevin Yu
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