XmlElementEventArgs Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Serialization

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll

Source:

_Events.cs

Provides data for the UnknownElement event.

C#

public class XmlElementEventArgs : EventArgs

Inheritance

Object

EventArgs

XmlElementEventArgs

Examples

The following example deserializes a class named Group from a file named UnknownElements.xml. Whenever an element is found in the file that has no corresponding member in the class, the UnknownElement event occurs. To try the example, paste the following XML code into a file named UnknownElements.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<Group xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">  
  <GroupName>MyGroup</GroupName>  
  <GroupSize>Large</GroupSize>  
  <GroupNumber>444</GroupNumber>  
  <GroupBase>West</GroupBase>  
</Group>  

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Schema;

public class Group{
   public string GroupName;
}

public class Test{
   static void Main(){
      Test t = new Test();
      // Deserialize the file containing unknown elements.
      t.DeserializeObject("UnknownElements.xml");
   }
   private void Serializer_UnknownElement(object sender, XmlElementEventArgs e){
      Console.WriteLine("Unknown Element");
      Console.WriteLine("\t" + e.Element.Name + " " + e.Element.InnerXml);
      Console.WriteLine("\t LineNumber: " + e.LineNumber);
      Console.WriteLine("\t LinePosition: " + e.LinePosition);
      
      Group x  = (Group) e.ObjectBeingDeserialized;
      Console.WriteLine (x.GroupName);
      Console.WriteLine (sender.ToString());
   }
   private void DeserializeObject(string filename){
      XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Group));
      // Add a delegate to handle unknown element events.
      ser.UnknownElement+=new XmlElementEventHandler(Serializer_UnknownElement);
      // A FileStream is needed to read the XML document.
     FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
     Group g = (Group) ser.Deserialize(fs);
     fs.Close();
    }
}

Remarks

For more information about handling events, see Handling and Raising Events and Handling and Raising Events.

The UnknownElement event occurs only when you call the Deserialize method.

Properties

Element	Gets the object that represents the unknown XML element.
ExpectedElements	Gets a comma-delimited list of XML element names expected to be in an XML document instance.
LineNumber	Gets the line number where the unknown element was encountered if the XML reader is an XmlTextReader.
LinePosition	Gets the place in the line where the unknown element occurs if the XML reader is an XmlTextReader.
ObjectBeingDeserialized	Gets the object the XmlSerializer is deserializing.

Methods

Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ToString()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

Applies to