Creating an XML Document

[Peter Bradley]

Hi,

I'm trying to create an XML Document. This is what I want to end up with:

<pre>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<epp xmlns="urn:iana:xml:ns:epp-1.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:iana:xml:ns:epp-1.0 epp-1.0.xsd">
<command>
<check>
<domain:check xmlns:domain="urn:iana:xml:ns:domain-1.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:iana:xml:ns:domain-1.0
domain-1.0.xsd">
<domain:name>example1.tld</domain:name>
<domain:name>example2.tld</domain:name>
<domain:name>example3.tld</domain:name>
</domain:check>
</check>
<unspec/>
<clTRID>ABC-12346</clTRID>
</command>
</epp>

</pre>

I've tried coding this in all sorts of ways, but I just can't get the
namespaces correct.

Here's some of my code as it currently stands.

This code creates the basic skeleton of the document:

<code>

public Hashtable Check(string domain, string[] extensions)
{
// Create the list of fully qualified domain names
List<stringnames = new List<string>();

for (int i = 0; i < extensions.Length; i++)
{
names.Add(domain + extensions[i]);
}

byte[] bytes = GetXmlSkeleton();

</code>

At this point I have the basic skeleton as an array of bytes, which I
then convert to a string to give me:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<epp />

I then load the string into an XmlDocument like this:

<code>

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(s);
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;

</code>

This is where it all falls apart. I've tried all sorts of ways of
getting the namespaces correct, but nothing seems to work. At the
moment, this is what I have:

<code>

XmlNamespaceManager manager = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
manager.AddNamespace("xsi",
"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
manager.AddNamespace("schemaLocation", "urn:iana:xml:ns:epp-1.0
epp-1.0.xsd");
manager.AddNamespace("domain", "urn:iana:xml:ns:domain-1.0");

doc.DocumentElement.SetAttribute("xmlns", "urn:iana:xml:ns:epp-1.0");
doc.DocumentElement.SetAttribute("xsi", "xmlns",
"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
doc.DocumentElement.SetAttribute("schemaLocation", "xsi",
"urn:iana:xml:ns:epp-1.0 epp-1.0.xsd");

XmlElement aNode = doc.CreateElement("command");
root.AppendChild(aNode);

XmlElement checkNode = doc.CreateElement("check");
aNode.AppendChild(checkNode);

aNode = doc.CreateElement("domain", "check",
"urn:iana:xml:ns:domain-1.0");
aNode.SetAttribute("schemaLocation", "xsi",
"urn:iana:xml:ns:domain-1.0 domain-1.0.xsd");
checkNode.AppendChild(aNode);

XmlElement innerNode = null;
XmlText textNode = null;

for (int i = 0; i < extensions.Length; i++)
{
innerNode = doc.CreateElement("domain", "name",
"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:obj");
aNode.AppendChild(innerNode);
textNode = doc.CreateTextNode("domain:name");
textNode.Value = domain + extensions[i];
innerNode.AppendChild(textNode);
}

</code>

This creates all the nodes correctly, including the text nodes, but the
namespaces are all over the place.

Any help would be very gratefully received. I certainly have a bit less
hair tonight than I started out with this morning.

Thanks
Peter

[Peter Bradley]

Peter Bradley wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to create an XML Document.

<snip />

I've received a reply to this from the dotnet.xml list. I posted there
after posting here in ignorance of the existence of the xml list.

So apologies for x-posting.

Cheers

Peter