Deserializing child elements as attributes of parent
- by LloydPickering
I have XML files which I need to deserialize. I used the XSD tool from Visual Studio to create c# object files. the generated classes do deserialize the files except not in the way which I need.
I would appreciate any help figuring out how to solve this problem.
The child elements named 'data' should be attributes of the parent element 'task'.
A shortened example of the XML is below:
<task type="Nothing" id="2" taskOnFail="false" >
<data value="" name="prerequisiteTasks" />
<data value="" name="exclusionTasks" />
<data value="" name="allowRepeats" />
<task type="Wait for Tasks" id="10" taskOnFail="false" >
<data value="" name="prerequisiteTasks" />
<data value="" name="exclusionTasks" />
<data value="" name="allowRepeats" />
</task>
<task type="Wait for Tasks" id="10" taskOnFail="false" >
<data value="" name="prerequisiteTasks" />
<data value="" name="exclusionTasks" />
<data value="" name="allowRepeats" />
</task>
</task>
The Class definition I am trying to deserialize to is in the form:
public class task {
public string prerequisiteTasks {get;set;}
public string exclusionTasks {get;set;}
public string allowRepeats {get;set;}
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("task")]
public List<task> ChildTasks {get;set;}
}
The child 'task's are fine, but the generated files put the 'data' elements into an array of data[] rather than as named members of the task class as I need.
