Deserializing xs:choice with xs:sequence problem

[Sergey Poberezovskiy]

Hi,

If I define my schema as

<xs:choice>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="el_1" />
<xs:element ref="el_2" />
</xs:sequence>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="el_3" />
<xs:element ref="el_4" />
<xs:element ref="el_5" />
</xs:sequence>
<xs:choice>

and compile it with .Net 2003 xsd.exe, then I receive only one

[ ... choice element attributes ..]
public string Item;
// with the choice type one of the following:
public enum ItemChoiceType
{ el_1, el_2, el_3, el_4, el_5 }

So instead of choosing between two sequences, XmlSerialiser chooses between
the first two elements in those sequences, and the rest is just ignored!!!

I NEED the rest as well.

Can anyone please point me in the right direction on how to read the rest of
the sequences?

Thanks in advance,

Sergey

[Zafar Abbas]

The .NET framework 2.0 behavior is better: It flattens the choice, but it
still allows you to create and read valid instances:

public partial class test {

/// <remarks/>

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e1")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e2")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e3")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e4")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e5")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlChoiceIdentifierAttrib ute("ItemsElementName")]

public string[] Items;

/// <remarks/>

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Item sElementName")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]

public ItemsChoiceType[] ItemsElementName; }

"Sergey Poberezovskiy" <Se*****************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:D7**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi,

If I define my schema as

<xs:choice>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="el_1" />
<xs:element ref="el_2" />
</xs:sequence>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="el_3" />
<xs:element ref="el_4" />
<xs:element ref="el_5" />
</xs:sequence>
<xs:choice>

and compile it with .Net 2003 xsd.exe, then I receive only one

[ ... choice element attributes ..]
public string Item;
// with the choice type one of the following:
public enum ItemChoiceType
{ el_1, el_2, el_3, el_4, el_5 }

So instead of choosing between two sequences, XmlSerialiser chooses between the first two elements in those sequences, and the rest is just ignored!!!

I NEED the rest as well.

Can anyone please point me in the right direction on how to read the rest of the sequences?

Thanks in advance,

Sergey

[Sergey Poberezovskiy]

Zafar,

Unfortunately I have to live with 1.1 - but changing

public string Item;
to
public string[] Items;

worked!!! - the only thing is that I will have to manually modify the
generated file every time I need to change my schema - a small price to pay.

Thanks again.

Sergey

"Zafar Abbas" wrote:

The .NET framework 2.0 behavior is better: It flattens the choice, but it
still allows you to create and read valid instances:

public partial class test {

/// <remarks/>

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e1")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e2")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e3")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e4")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("e5")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlChoiceIdentifierAttrib ute("ItemsElementName")]

public string[] Items;

/// <remarks/>

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("Item sElementName")]

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnoreAttribute()]

public ItemsChoiceType[] ItemsElementName; }

"Sergey Poberezovskiy" <Se*****************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:D7**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi,

If I define my schema as

<xs:choice>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="el_1" />
<xs:element ref="el_2" />
</xs:sequence>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="el_3" />
<xs:element ref="el_4" />
<xs:element ref="el_5" />
</xs:sequence>
<xs:choice>

and compile it with .Net 2003 xsd.exe, then I receive only one

[ ... choice element attributes ..]
public string Item;
// with the choice type one of the following:
public enum ItemChoiceType
{ el_1, el_2, el_3, el_4, el_5 }

So instead of choosing between two sequences, XmlSerialiser chooses

between

the first two elements in those sequences, and the rest is just ignored!!!

I NEED the rest as well.

Can anyone please point me in the right direction on how to read the rest

of

the sequences?

Thanks in advance,

Sergey